A paedophile who assaulted a teenage girl has been permitted to remain in Britain after a court ruled his deportation would violate his human rights.
The Pakistani man was behind bars after being convicted of multiple sex crimes and then, after being released from prison, he attacked the teenager.
The Home Office had issued a deportation order, but he appealed the decision, citing the European Convention on Human Rights, according to The Sun.
During the appeal, the convicted offender, who has been granted anonymity for his protection, argued that he could face ‘inhuman or degrading treatment’ if deported to Pakistan because of his alcoholism.
He claimed that, as alcohol consumption is illegal for Muslims in Pakistan, he would not be able to access proper treatment for his addiction, which could worsen his condition and potentially lead to further suffering.
The court sided with the man, agreeing that deporting him would violate his human rights under the European Convention, particularly his right to not face inhuman or degrading treatment.
And he also argued he should be able to stay because he had a ‘genuine relationship’ with his child in the UK, even though they had not spoken since 2020.
The Home Office had issued a deportation order, but he appealed the decision, citing the European Convention on Human Rights, according to the Sun. (File image of Home Office which has appealed the decision)
The man, originally from Pakistan , had been convicted of multiple sex crimes, and after being released from prison, he attacked the teenager (stock)
That was rejected as the judge found there was a ‘lack of evidence’ about his family life.
The Home Office last week won an appeal and the case will be heard again later this year.
This comes after a spate of similar cases including one in February this year when an unnamed judge let a paedophile who messaged ‘barely pubescent girls’ stay in the UK to protect him from his family’s disapproval of his actions back home.
The man – granted anonymity for his protection – was caught messaging paedophile hunters, disguised using decoy child profiles, online in August 2022.
Horrifyingly, the Pakistani father-of-two had believed he was really speaking to ‘barely pubescent girls’.
Admitting three counts of attempting to cause a child under 16 to engage in a sexual act, the man was handed an 18-month prison sentence.
He had started grooming young girls long before this in March 2021.
But an unnamed judge ruled removing him from the UK would be ‘unduly harsh’, a tribunal heard.
The judge explained the paedophile would have ‘significant difficulties’ in Pakistan because his family there have a ‘dim view’ of his crimes – and stopped the man from being deported.
It meant the paedophile was allowed to stay in the country despite being a registered sex offender.