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Labour, lawyers and luvvies block bid to deport rapists: Murderer and sex criminals were among 23 offenders spared from boarding flight to Jamaica at the last minute
A Jamaican murderer and two rapists avoided deportation today following legal challenges backed by Labour MPs and a host of celebrities. Michael Antonio White, convicted of murder in 2003, was taken off the flight after lawyers lodged a last-minute appeal. Now in his 50s, he was sentenced to life in prison after shooting his victim six times in a drug deal gone wrong. In all, 23 serious criminals submitted last-minute appeals – including human rights claims – which led to them avoiding deportation to Jamaica. They had been sentenced to a combined 156 years in jail. Model Naomi Campbell, Line of Duty star Thandie Newton, James Bond actress Naomie Harris and historian David Olusoga were among celebrities who signed an open letter demanding none of the offenders be removed, at least for the time being. Others who dodged deportation yesterday included the two rapists, two convicted of attempted murder and others convicted of supplying Class A drugs and possessing firearms. Some or all are likely to be back on the streets in days as the Home Office can detain them only if there is a 'realistic prospect of imminent removal'. Earlier this week, Home Secretary Priti Patel said overturning the deportations risked 're-traumatising' their victims. Only 13 criminals from an original list of 57 were on board a Home Office charter plane which took off from Stansted Airport in Essex in the early hours of yesterday.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9011775/Labour-lawyers-luvvies-block-bid-deport-rapists.html
A Jamaican murderer and two rapists avoided deportation today following legal challenges backed by Labour MPs and a host of celebrities. Michael Antonio White, convicted of murder in 2003, was taken off the flight after lawyers lodged a last-minute appeal. Now in his 50s, he was sentenced to life in prison after shooting his victim six times in a drug deal gone wrong. In all, 23 serious criminals submitted last-minute appeals – including human rights claims – which led to them avoiding deportation to Jamaica. They had been sentenced to a combined 156 years in jail. Model Naomi Campbell, Line of Duty star Thandie Newton, James Bond actress Naomie Harris and historian David Olusoga were among celebrities who signed an open letter demanding none of the offenders be removed, at least for the time being. Others who dodged deportation yesterday included the two rapists, two convicted of attempted murder and others convicted of supplying Class A drugs and possessing firearms. Some or all are likely to be back on the streets in days as the Home Office can detain them only if there is a 'realistic prospect of imminent removal'. Earlier this week, Home Secretary Priti Patel said overturning the deportations risked 're-traumatising' their victims. Only 13 criminals from an original list of 57 were on board a Home Office charter plane which took off from Stansted Airport in Essex in the early hours of yesterday.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9011775/Labour-lawyers-luvvies-block-bid-deport-rapists.html
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Priti Patel, pictured, was disappointed this week after 'lefty lawyers' foiled her attempts to deport a group of Jamaican criminals on a specially-chartered aircraft
Among the criminals Home Secretary Priti Patel sought to deport was Jermaine Stewart from Liverpool who was jailed in 2014 for raping a woman who fell asleep on his sofa.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9020127/Lawyers-joy-halting-Jamaican-deportation.html