Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick blasts human rights laws which stopped criminal kingpin from being deported
Date: 2024-10-27
TORY leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick has blasted human rights laws which stopped a jailed drugs kingpin from being deported.
The 29-year-old Nigerian got eight years for running heroin and cocaine into Hampshire.
Conservative Party leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has blasted human rights laws which stopped a jailed drugs kingpin from being deported[/caption]
“It’s protecting some of our country’s most dangerous foreign criminals – that’s not what it was set up for.
“We must leave and guarantee our own human rights domestically – but create a system that excludes foreign criminals and illegal migrants.â€
During the appeal, the gangster’s lawyer introduced a “new matter†based on OAB’s mental health – and then said he was bisexual.
Judge Beg said deportation would “not have an unduly harsh effect on themâ€.
Yet OAB – who came to the UK aged 10 with his mother before they over-stayed their visas – was allowed to appeal to the Upper Tribunal of the immigration chamber.
And the body’s judges ruled his rights under Article 8 – respect for private and family life – of the ECHR outweighed public protection.