A sick rapist whose deportation was halted when airline passengers staged a mutiny is set to be released back on to Britain’s streets even though he represents a clear and present danger to British women.
Judge Margaret O’Keeffe granted Yaqub Ahmed ‘bail in principle’ because there is no prospect that he can be kicked out of the country soon.
The 30-year-old was jailed for nine years in 2008 for his part in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in London and that he was to be deported back in 2010.
An attempt to remove him in October 2018 failed when passengers aboard a Turkish Airways jet about to fly him out of the UK revolted. His now 28 year old victim said: “I am so sick of it. I just want it to be over but it’s never-ending. I think it’s disgraceful. At the end of the day they have considered him as a risk already, multiple times, yet they are willing to put people at risk now.”
When he was being deported do-gooder passengers leapt to his defence and demanded security guards remove him from the aircraft at Heathrow after he began screaming.
He was released from a detention centre on bail last March but detained again the following month because he ripped off an electronic tag and tried to flee the country, heading for Spain.
Judge O’Keeffe said:
I am satisfied that there is a real risk that he would commit offences if released on bail.
I am also satisfied that the applicant poses a risk of absconding. He failed to comply with bail conditions in the past and was caught attempting to leave the jurisdiction. We have to be balanced against the length of time that the applicant has been in detention.
Government guidance for immigration judges states that imperative considerations of public safety may be necessary to justify detention in excess of six months.
What is not in dispute is that the applicant has been in detention now since April 2019 which on any reckoning is a very significant period of time.
I have to take into account that there is currently no realistic prospect of his removal to Somalia and it cannot be said that his removal is imminent.
There is simply no way to know when the position will change in relation to international air travel.
During last week’s 37-minute hearing, Edward Terrell, a lawyer for the Home Office, said the case was ‘uniquely appalling’ and Ahmed had ‘shown no hint of remorse’ for his crime.
Ahmed’s lawyer said his mental health ‘had suffered’ and he had attempted ‘suicide’.
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