NZ Herald (sorry don't know the date):
An Auckland man accused of sitting pilot's licence exams for a Saudi Arabian national will go to trial on 5 charges of personation.
Kevin Anthony Lenaghan, 27, has been further remanded on bail until
October 30 for callover in the Tauranga District Court.
His lawyer, Craig Tuck, conceded there was a prima facie case after written depositions had been handed up to a community magistrate in the court yesterday.Lenaghan entered not guilty pleas to all counts.
Conditions of Lenaghan's bail include surrendering his passport and not entering any airport in NZ.
Deposition evidence outlined how Lenaghan had posed as Naif Hussein Al-Anazy to sit pilot's theory exams for the Saudi, who had by then left NZ. Authorities were tipped off by 2 anonymous letters.
Mostyn Bowler, a part-time examiner for ASL, said he met Lenaghan 3 times in Tauranga and knew him as Al-Anazy, the name he sat the exams under and for which he had an ID card.
Detective John Love from the Manakau CIB said he had received a complaint about Lenaghan and Al-Anazy in July. On August 5, he observed the defendant when he sat an exam in Tauranga.
He approached Lenaghan, identifieding himself as a police officer, and said: "Gidday mate. What's your name?"
The defendant told him his real name and said he had sat exams 3 or 4 times for Al-Anazy, who was in Saudi Arabia.
He showed the detective an international student ID card carring a photograph of himself but the name of Al-Anazy.
The general manager of Ardmore Flying School, Craig Hunter, said Lenaghan had started pilot training early August last year. Al-Anazy had enrolled 5 months earlier and, initially, his English was very poor. He attended an English language course and then returned to the flying school.
Mr Hunter said he had kept a close eye on the Saudi Arabian's results and he had failed every one he sat.
Personation is a rarely used charge laid under the Crimes Act and carries a maximum penalty of
7 years in jail.
What a Winner!
