A convicted drug dealer claims his removal from the UK would breach his rights to family life while affecting his mental health.
The Daily Mail reports he now faces a fresh court hearing to determine whether he will be thrown out of Britain to be sent back to his homeland of Nigeria.
The gang member, who was jailed for eight years for supplying drugs, argued he should not be returned to the West African country because it lacked adequate psychiatric care. The Mail report notes:
The 29-year-old, granted anonymity by the courts, claimed his proposed deportation would be a breach of his Article 3 rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.
His claim had been initially rejected by an immigration tribunal, with accusations that his testimony about his family was ‘a work of fiction’.
The claimant came to the UK from Nigeria aged 10 and then remained in the country…
