A SERIAL offender migrant who invoked human rights law to dodge deportation was later jailed for having sex with a girl of 15.
The 35-year-old racked up a string of convictions, including for violence.
A serial offender migrant who invoked human rights law to dodge deportation was later jailed for having sex with a girl of 15[/caption]
Reform MP Rupert Lowe said: ‘If you come here and commit serious crimes, you should be on the next plane home in cuffs’[/caption]
He lied about having no family in Africa while his complex love life involved having two children in an on-off relationship with an Albanian migrant.
Yet he was allowed to stay in 2011 by invoking his right to family life under European conventions, with judges giving him a chance to turn his life around.
But within three years he was jailed over his sexual affair with the teenager and served more time for wounding, carrying an imitation gun and having a knife.
Immigration judges have now finally agreed to return him to his native Zimbabwe, saying: “His right to respect for his family is extremely heavily outweighed in this case by the need to protect the public from his likely very serious continued criminality.”
His life of crime began shortly after he arrived in Yorkshire as a dependant of his mother’s in 2006.
The charge sheet included burglary, stealing a car, affray and carrying a knife.
While in jail he was told he would be deported — but had become a father and the threat was lifted.
His later sex and other crimes meant he was jailed for 8½ of his 18 years in the UK.
Reform MP Rupert Lowe said: “If you come here and commit serious crimes, you should be on the next plane home in cuffs.”
The Home Office said: “We remain resolute in our commitment to ensuring there are no barriers to deporting criminals.”
