A Jamaican-born, bogus forensic psychologist was sentenced to five years in jail in United Kingdom, a foreign media report states.
According to BBC Caribbean news report, Gene Morrison, 48, allegedly gave testimony in 700 cases over a 26-year period across the UK.
In the report, Judge Jeffrey Lewis described Morrison as a "inveterate and compulsive liar".
He was convicted on 20 different charges including obtaining a money transfer by deception, obtaining property by deception, perverting the course of justice and perjury.
He was found innocent of one count of obtaining a money transfer by deception.
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It was alleged that Morrison was paid at least $250,000 pounds (J$35 million) in taxpayer's money for giving 'expert' advice. However, he had actually purchased his qualifications from a fake university. " (It) looked easier than going to a real university," BBC reported the fake doctor as saying.
The news report further stated that Morrison's firm, Hyde-based Criminal and Forensic Investigations Bureau (CFIB) had been hired to give evidence in court. In fact, many of his reports were cut and pasted from the Internet.
Morrison allegedly admitted that he began working as a forensic investigator in 1977 after buying certificates by post for a BSc in forensic science, a master's with excellence in forensic investigation and a doctorate in criminology.
During his four-week trial, Morrison reportedly insisted on being called Dr Morrison.
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