Vote Leave reveals 50 criminals the EU stopped us deporting
June 07, 2016
Vote Leave is today publishing a dossier of 50 criminals which the European Court prevented us from deporting. These cases include offenders convicted of murder, , robbery and drug trafficking.
‘the appellant’s deportation could not be justified simply on the basis of his previous criminal conviction even of such a serious nature as and attempted .’
The Upper Tribunal, 29 January 2015
EU free movement rules prioritise the rights of criminals over public safety and mean we cannot deport dangerous EU criminals. If we vote to stay in the EU, this lack of control will only increase as the European Court uses the Charter of Fundamental Rights to entrench the right of foreign national offenders to reside in the UK.
The EU criminals we have identified include:
June 07, 2016
Vote Leave is today publishing a dossier of 50 criminals which the European Court prevented us from deporting. These cases include offenders convicted of murder, , robbery and drug trafficking.
‘the appellant’s deportation could not be justified simply on the basis of his previous criminal conviction even of such a serious nature as and attempted .’
The Upper Tribunal, 29 January 2015
EU free movement rules prioritise the rights of criminals over public safety and mean we cannot deport dangerous EU criminals. If we vote to stay in the EU, this lack of control will only increase as the European Court uses the Charter of Fundamental Rights to entrench the right of foreign national offenders to reside in the UK.
The EU criminals we have identified include:
- Learco Chindamo, an Italian national who murdered headteacher Philip Lawrence in 1995 when he went to the assistance of a 13-year-old boy who was being attacked.
- Theresa Rafacz, a Polish national, who killed her husband, including by kicking him in the face with a shod foot while he lay on the ground drunk.
- Andrzej Stankiewicz, who was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for causing death by careless driving while drunk.
- Jordan Epee Homb, a German, convicted of possessing of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, who went to his victim’s house (occupied by his mother and seven-year-old daughter). An accomplice fired a shotgun twice through the front door.
- Mircea Gheorghiu, a Romanian whom the Secretary of State was ordered to readmit to the UK and to grant permanent residence, after removing him from the UK.
- Mantas Baibokas, a Lithuanian who was discovered in possession of 7 kg of amphetamine sulphate, hidden in a jet ski in his garage.
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