[size=14pt]Nigerian rapist who can't be deported because EU judges say it would violate his right to family life [/size]
By JACK DOYLE and LYDIA WARREN
Last updated at 1:20 AM on 21st September 2011


A Nigerian rapist escaped deportation yesterday after European judges ruled he had a right to a ‘private life’ in Britain.

Akindoyin Akinshipe, 24, was due to be sent home after losing appeal after appeal in the British courts over his jailing for an attack on a girl of 13.

But in a staggering reversal yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights said this would breach his right to a ‘private and family life’.

This is despite him not having a wife, long-term partner or children in the UK - factors which foreign criminals have used to stay here under Article 8 of the Human Rights Act.
The panel of seven – including judges from Bosnia, Albania and Montenegro – said the court must protect his ‘social ties’ with Britain, which have grown while he resisted deportation.


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