He claimed he had lived and worked in a number of countries in Europe over the years and had never had any problems regarding the licence. The defendant is then said to have told police he wanted to change the licence for a UK licence because he had applied for a job with the Royal Mail who had told him he needed a UK one.
If I had known it was fake, I wouldn’t have tried to swap it or change it.” He is alleged to have told the officers: “How was I supposed to know it was fake. Kalala-Paris, who is 56, was arrested at his home in Oakdene Road, Watford on May 24 and told the officers the licence had been issued 15 years before when he lived in Portugal. She said the licence was subjected to a series of tests and, as a result, the conclusion was that it was a fake. It arrived in the post on March 21 that year but, because of a number of printing discrepancies on the licence, said the prosecutor, staff became suspicious. Prosecutor Nicola Roberson said he sent his licence, along with a signed application form, to the DVLA. the previous year having previously been living in France. St Albans Crown Court was told he had arrived the U.K. Oumar Kalala-Paris is alleged to have applied to the DVLA in March 2017 to change his licence for a British licence because he was hoping to land a job. A man from Watford has gone on trial accused of trying to exchange a fake Portuguese driving licence for a UK one.
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