Shawn Rickford McLeod of Jamaican origin was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for supplying class A drugs. McLeod appealed that deporting him would breach his rights to a family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Judge David Chaim Brannan ruled in his favour, saying deporting McLeod would be \”unduly harsh\” on his family. Shadow home secretary Chris Philp dubbed the decision \”mind-boggling\”, adding that such a criminal should not be allowed to stay in Britain. The ever-expanding interpretation of ECHR articles by weak immigration judges has to end, said Mr Philp. The case is not the first instance when convicted foreign criminals in the UK have managed to receive a favourable judgement by using human rights laws. An Albanian criminal managed to avoid deportation, earlier this month after claiming his son had an aversion to foreign chicken nuggets. Similarly, a Pakistani paedophile escaped deportation after a court ruled that the move would be ‘unduly tough’ on his own children.
