UK judges prevent deportation of bisexual rapist
A UK court has halted the deportation of a bisexual rapist, stating that the Jamaican man could face persecution upon returning to his homeland. Read Full Article at RT.com
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A tribunal has determined that a Jamaican man may face persecution if he returns to his home country, as reported by British media outlets.
A convicted rapist, identified only as AA, argued that he was unaware that having non-consensual sex with a sleeping woman constituted a crime. A UK court has ruled that he cannot be deported to Jamaica due to his bisexuality.
The upper tribunal sided with AA last year when he expressed concerns about possible persecution based on his sexual orientation. Several British news sources reported on this decision on Monday.
In 2018, AA received a seven-year prison sentence for assaulting a sleeping woman after a party where alcohol and marijuana were present. During the trial, he claimed that he did not realize he was committing a crime.
After serving half of his sentence, AA was released in 2021. However, the Home Office classified him as a “danger to the community” and initiated efforts to deport him to Jamaica.
AA contested the deportation order in front of a tribunal in 2023, recounting that he had been in a sexual relationship with an older man during his teenage years, who was later murdered. He also stated that he had been “repeatedly violently attacked in Jamaica,” resulting in multiple scars on his head and body from various violent encounters, including those involving a metal bar, a machete, and dogs.
The initial tribunal halted the deportation, and upper tribunal judge Melissa Canavan confirmed the decision last year. She noted that “in light of the strong evidence relating to the embedded nature of anti-gay and LGBTQI+ attitudes in Jamaica,” it was “reasonably likely” that AA “would face similar treatment” as he had previously in his home country.
In response to media coverage of the case, the Home Office stated that it makes “no apology for wanting to remove foreign national offenders at the earliest opportunity.” The agency emphasized its commitment to ensuring that there are “no barriers to deport foreign criminals as it is in the public interest for these people to be removed swiftly.”
Former British security minister John Hayes criticized the tribunal's decision, telling the Sun, “This man should be thrown out of the country,” and labeled the ruling as “an insult to every victim.”
Sophie Wagner contributed to this report for TROIB News
A convicted rapist, identified only as AA, argued that he was unaware that having non-consensual sex with a sleeping woman constituted a crime. A UK court has ruled that he cannot be deported to Jamaica due to his bisexuality.
The upper tribunal sided with AA last year when he expressed concerns about possible persecution based on his sexual orientation. Several British news sources reported on this decision on Monday.
In 2018, AA received a seven-year prison sentence for assaulting a sleeping woman after a party where alcohol and marijuana were present. During the trial, he claimed that he did not realize he was committing a crime.
After serving half of his sentence, AA was released in 2021. However, the Home Office classified him as a “danger to the community” and initiated efforts to deport him to Jamaica.
AA contested the deportation order in front of a tribunal in 2023, recounting that he had been in a sexual relationship with an older man during his teenage years, who was later murdered. He also stated that he had been “repeatedly violently attacked in Jamaica,” resulting in multiple scars on his head and body from various violent encounters, including those involving a metal bar, a machete, and dogs.
The initial tribunal halted the deportation, and upper tribunal judge Melissa Canavan confirmed the decision last year. She noted that “in light of the strong evidence relating to the embedded nature of anti-gay and LGBTQI+ attitudes in Jamaica,” it was “reasonably likely” that AA “would face similar treatment” as he had previously in his home country.
In response to media coverage of the case, the Home Office stated that it makes “no apology for wanting to remove foreign national offenders at the earliest opportunity.” The agency emphasized its commitment to ensuring that there are “no barriers to deport foreign criminals as it is in the public interest for these people to be removed swiftly.”
Former British security minister John Hayes criticized the tribunal's decision, telling the Sun, “This man should be thrown out of the country,” and labeled the ruling as “an insult to every victim.”
Sophie Wagner contributed to this report for TROIB News
