A 25 year old former member of the Territorial forces of the RFMF was today sentenced to one year imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to five counts of forgery, obtaining money by false pretences, uttering forged documents and obtaining money on forged documents.

While handing down the sentence, Judge Justice Daniel Gounder highlighted that Tomasi Kesi on five separate occasions in May 2007 forged the signature of a collegue on ANZ cheques and withdrew money amounting to over $1500.

Judge Gounder noted that Kesi is currently serving a 5 year term and has 24 convictions since 2003 for a similar offence and while in the Army he had become familiar with the signature of his colleagues and forged their signatures to obtain money.

However, Judge Gounder said that taking into account that Kesi is serving a 5 year term, the two year term is to be served concurrently with his current prison term.

Kesi was terminated from the RFMF in 2007.