Cocaine dealer claimed she’d be persecuted for being a ‘witch’ if deported
A Ghanaian cocaine dealer attempted to escape deportation by claiming she faced persecution because her local community believed she was a “witch.”
The convicted serial criminal, who the Home Office has been seeking to deport for 37 years, claimed she would be at risk as her local community believed she was a “child witch” who had killed her parents.
She claimed it would be a breach of her human rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if she were to be “forcibly” returned to Ghana as she would suffer “inhumane or degrading treatment”.
However, a tribunal found that her witchcraft claims were “fabricated” and ruled that she had faked hallucinations to try and “bolster” her claim to remain in the UK. She now finally faces deportation.
The case, disclosed in court papers, is the latest example exposed by The Telegraph where illegal migrants or convicted foreign criminals have attempted to halt their deportations, often by claiming breaches of human rights.
There are a record 41,987 outstanding immigration appeals, largely on human rights grounds, which threaten to hamper Labour’s efforts to fast-track the removal of illegal migrants.
Fraud and drug offences The Ghanaian, convicted of fraud and drug offences under 15 different identities, has been locked in a three-decade legal battle with the Home Office to try to avoid deportation.
At every hearing her case has been thrown out because it would not be “unduly harsh” to return her to Ghana and she poses a risk of reoffending “to further her own ends”. Now, her case has been dismissed for the final time following a ruling that there was no error in a previous decision.
The Upper Tier Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber was told the woman – who was granted anonymity – entered the UK in 1986 under a false name.
While in the UK, she committed multiple crimes. In July 1987, just seven months after entering the country, she was sentenced to six years in prison for importing class A drugs. She was made subject to a deportation order in 1988, but absconded.
In December 2013, she was convicted again of three offences of deception and dishonesty in relation to a benefit scam and “professionally planned mortgage fraud” from which she made a total of £349,245. She was sentenced to 34 months in prison.
Another deportation order was issued by the Home Office, but she appealed it. The fraudster then argued she would be at risk if she were sent back to Ghana because her local community thought she was “witch”.
‘Breach of human rights’ She also claimed she had mental health issues and that deporting her would breach her human right to a private life.
Three years later, in January 2017, her case was dismissed by the First-tier Immigration and Asylum Tribunal because it found she had “fabricated” her claim.
That tribunal concluded her claim was not credible and, even if it had been, there was “effective state protection” in Ghana for those accused of witchcraft.
A further deportation order was issued in March 2018, but she sought to have it revoked as a breach of her Article 3 ECHR rights, arguing that even if her witchcraft claims were not credible, she still had a “subjective fear of harm” if she was deported.
Her case was dismissed, with her story described as “inconsistent” and the judge branding her “manipulative”. “I consider that [she] is manipulative and there are various aspects to this claim... which show that she is prepared to do whatever it takes to further her own ends,” the judge said.
However, she was then given permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal after arguing that expert evidence on her mental health and family life had not been taken into account.
Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge Kirk has now ruled that there was no “error in law” in the original judgment and therefore dismissed the Ghanaian’s case for the final time.
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A Ghanaian cocaine dealer attempted to escape deportation by claiming she faced persecution because her local community believed she was a “witch.”
The convicted serial criminal, who the Home Office has been seeking to deport for 37 years, claimed she would be at risk as her local community believed she was a “child witch” who had killed her parents.
She claimed it would be a breach of her human rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if she were to be “forcibly” returned to Ghana as she would suffer “inhumane or degrading treatment”.
However, a tribunal found that her witchcraft claims were “fabricated” and ruled that she had faked hallucinations to try and “bolster” her claim to remain in the UK. She now finally faces deportation.
The case, disclosed in court papers, is the latest example exposed by The Telegraph where illegal migrants or convicted foreign criminals have attempted to halt their deportations, often by claiming breaches of human rights.
There are a record 41,987 outstanding immigration appeals, largely on human rights grounds, which threaten to hamper Labour’s efforts to fast-track the removal of illegal migrants.
Fraud and drug offences
The Ghanaian, convicted of fraud and drug offences under 15 different identities, has been locked in a three-decade legal battle with the Home Office to try to avoid deportation.
At every hearing her case has been thrown out because it would not be “unduly harsh” to return her to Ghana and she poses a risk of reoffending “to further her own ends”. Now, her case has been dismissed for the final time following a ruling that there was no error in a previous decision.
The Upper Tier Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber was told the woman – who was granted anonymity – entered the UK in 1986 under a false name.
While in the UK, she committed multiple crimes. In July 1987, just seven months after entering the country, she was sentenced to six years in prison for importing class A drugs. She was made subject to a deportation order in 1988, but absconded.
In December 2013, she was convicted again of three offences of deception and dishonesty in relation to a benefit scam and “professionally planned mortgage fraud” from which she made a total of £349,245. She was sentenced to 34 months in prison.
Another deportation order was issued by the Home Office, but she appealed it. The fraudster then argued she would be at risk if she were sent back to Ghana because her local community thought she was “witch”.
‘Breach of human rights’
She also claimed she had mental health issues and that deporting her would breach her human right to a private life.
Three years later, in January 2017, her case was dismissed by the First-tier Immigration and Asylum Tribunal because it found she had “fabricated” her claim.
That tribunal concluded her claim was not credible and, even if it had been, there was “effective state protection” in Ghana for those accused of witchcraft.
A further deportation order was issued in March 2018, but she sought to have it revoked as a breach of her Article 3 ECHR rights, arguing that even if her witchcraft claims were not credible, she still had a “subjective fear of harm” if she was deported.
Her case was dismissed, with her story described as “inconsistent” and the judge branding her “manipulative”. “I consider that [she] is manipulative and there are various aspects to this claim... which show that she is prepared to do whatever it takes to further her own ends,” the judge said.
However, she was then given permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal after arguing that expert evidence on her mental health and family life had not been taken into account.
Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge Kirk has now ruled that there was no “error in law” in the original judgment and therefore dismissed the Ghanaian’s case for the final time.
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