A RESPECTED black education leader from Greenford has been told she will not go to jail despite conning students with fake qualifications.

Dr Roselle Antoine MBE, 53, of Shelley Drive, lured victims with promises of nationally recognised NVQs over a six year period, when she was director and principle of TCS Tutorial College, in Willowcourt Avenue, Kenton.

Antoine's racket enabled the West Indians to stay in the country while studying for her expensive but bogus certificates.

She was hailed a “wonder woman” on ITV's This Morning, and founded the education charity The Roselle Antoine Foundation.

Ben Lloyd, prosecuting, told Southwark Crown Court: “She provided immigration services when she wasn't registered and permitted to do so.

“She did this, the prosecution say, to permit the students to study at the college for as long as possible.

“So students would be paying large fees for as long as possible.”

Mr Lloyd said Antoine “falsely represented to a number of students” that the college, formerly based in Honeypot Lane, Kingsbury, provided Clait Plus business IT qualifications and Health and Social Care NVQs.

He added: “The fees were quite high - usually around £1,000.

“They thought they were getting genuine qualifications when they were not.

“The college would have to have been registered with the relevant examination board or body, which it wasn't.”

Following complaints by up to four students, a trading standards officer made a 'test purchase' of an NVQ.

Antoine, who illegally filled out their visa applications, also gave immigration advice to nine students.

She pleaded guilty to 14 offences after Judge John Price promised her she would not go to jail.

The judge adjourned sentencing for reports and told her: “I want to know what this is about.

“You are a lady of - to say good character is an underestimation. That makes it even more difficult to face up when something has happened.

“This isn't a fraudulent operation that just takes money - it's not a room above a shop.

“There will not be a custodial sentence of any sort.”

Rima Baruah, defending, said the foreign students made up a small part of the college's population.

She added: “Dr Antoine is very well known in educational circles. She is an MBE, she runs a charitable foundation.”

Antoine admitted five counts of making a false statement, and nine counts of providing immigration services when not qualified, between September 1, 2004, and January 26, last year.

She is due to return for sentence on December 19.