Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick blasts human rights laws which stopped criminal kingpin from being deported

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.

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In 2019, then-Home Secretary Priti Patel ord­ered his deportation under the UK Borders Act.

But the anonymous crook was allowed to successfully appeal under European Convention on Human Rights rules.

He argued his removal would have a “serious physical, emotional and psychological effect on his family members”.

It means he is still in the UK.

Former Immigration Minister Mr Jenrick – MP for Newark – said: “This is yet another disgraceful example of why we must leave the ECHR.

“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.”

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 them”.

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.