A Turkish drug baron ruled by judges to be a ‘danger to the community’ cannot be deported from Britain because it would breach his human rights. He has also been granted anonymity by the immigration court system and can be named only as ‘CD’. Home Secretary Priti Patel last month detailed plans for new legislation to make it easier for judges to expel foreign criminals. Her pledge drew criticism from human rights lawyers and it is unclear how the new laws will align with existing human rights legislation enshrined in UK law through the Human Rights Act 1998. Sentencing him to 18 years, Judge Nicholas Ainley later described him as a ‘very major player in the heroin trade’.

Source: Daily Mail December 06, 2020 01:56 UTC