People Smuggler Jailed

[Ken4155]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce399l1329lo

[bookbinder]

He deserves more than simply jail.

[webbo3]

\\That meant he had been in legal limbo, neither facing removal nor being granted permission to stay. His sentence means he will almost certainly be deported once it has been served.//

Don't bank on it. and if he is he will be straight back here.

[sandyRoe]

News reports suggest he was upset by the length of the sentence he received.

I hope it acts as a warning to other people smugglers.

[Prudie]

Good. Does anyone know if this is linked to the British female investigator who was after a people smuggler that I kept hearing doing a documentary about in parts broadcast on R4? His name rings a bell. I think I used to catch it sometimes in the mornings maybe round 9 or 10ish about 3 moths agao maybe?

[davebro3]

So we give him board & lodgings for his term, support his family during that time &  (probably) let them all remain here for the rest of their lives because he smuggled migrants ACROSS THE MED!

Just couldn't make it up.👿

[chelle7272]

That was the smuggler known as Scorpion, he is still at large.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/to-catch-a-scorpion-radio-4-bbc-sounds#:~:text=navbar%20(on%20mobile)-,BBC%20Radio%204%20series%20embarks%20on%20mission%20to%20track%20down,finding%20him%20and%20confronting%20him.

[naomi24]

He spent 5 years in jail in Italy for drug smuggling, turns up here, applies for asylum but has never received a decision.  Why not?  His 5 years in jail in Italy should have elicited an instant decision.  Out you go!  

[New Judge]

"His sentence means he will almost certainly be deported once it has been served."

I have a sneaky suspicion that he will not.

Once he has served the 40% of his term (or whatever proportion is deemed appropriate by then) the full panoply of the Human Rights industry will swing into action to prevent his removal. In fact I imagine M'Learned Friends have already entered his release date into their diaries so they can swing into action in time for his release.

He has a wife and children here so he's virtually home and dry.

 

 

 

[cashier]

He was saving money 'to bring his family over'. What is wrong with Italy, or Egypt?

[Ken4155]

Can't you all just be glad he's been sentenced instead of bemoaning what may or may not happen?

[Ken4155]

NJ, i doubt his wife and kids are Britsh citizens and must also be here illegally. Wouldn't that count against him rather than for him? Genuine question and will be interested to learn ypur take on the situation.

[Prudie]

Thank you chelle :)

[New Judge]

"NJ, i doubt his wife and kids are Britsh citizens and must also be here illegally. Wouldn't that count against him rather than for him?"

Nothing much seems to count against foreign citizens who have managed to gain a foothold in the UK, ken. He arrived in the UK by small boat in 2022, having spent five years in jail in italy for drug smuggling. But still a decision was not taken on his claim for asylum (which should have taken all of five minutes). He was not in danger in Italy and there was no reason for him to travel here (other than the fact that he probably realised that the Italians would get round to chucking him out quicker than we would - which would not be too difficult for them).

This country has no will to deport these people. Rather than accommodate him in a UK prison (from which prisoners - some dangerous - are being released to free up space) he should have been offered to Italy since his people smuggling operation was concentrated there. If they didn't want him he should have been returned to Egypt. 

[ynnafymmi]

This foreign criminal will probably be out of jail earlier than the political prisoner Lucy Connolly.Strange days in the UK nowadays.