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Nigerian Rapist’s Deportation Would Violate His Rights, EU Judges Claim (22 September 2011)
Date: 22/09/2011
Europeans judges have allowed a Nigerian rapist to remain in Britain after claiming that deporting the man would violate his rights to a “private life”. Akindoyin Akinshipe was due to be deported following losing countless appeals in the British courts over his jailing for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. Yet the European Court of Human Rights has now claimed that the deportation of Mr. Akinshipe would breach his rights to a “private and family life”. Foreign criminals facing deportation have been using Article 8 of the Human Rights Act to remain in the UK.
A panel of seven judges claimed that Mr. Akinshipe’s “social ties” with Britain must be protected. They stated that deporting Mr. Akinshipe, who works for a council and regularly attends his local church, would be “disproportionate”. They claimed that he no longer poses a danger to the public. Mr. Akinshipe was awarded costs of almost £3,500 and was praised for his commendable rehabilitation and reintegration efforts.
In 2010, approximately 200 foreign criminals escaped deportation using Article 8. Tory ministers have vowed to replace the Human Rights Act with a UK Bill of Rights yet their plans have been thwarted by the Liberal Democrats.
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