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Drug dealer caught in Brighton loses deportation battle

by Frank le Duc
Wednesday 12 Dec, 2018 at 10:12PM
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Drug dealer caught in Brighton loses deportation battle

A man who was jailed after being caught with drugs in Brighton has lost his legal battle against deportation.

Nathan Black, 23, travelled from London to Brighton to supply heroin and crack cocaine.

In April last year he was jailed for 28 months for two counts of having drugs with intent to supply at Lewes Crown Court.

And now he must return to Jamaica even though he arrived in Britain as a five-year-old and grew up and went to school here, spending part of his childhood in care.

He has never been back to the country of his birth and said that he could be in danger if he were to be deported there.

But the Home Secretary ordered that Black be deported so he took his case to a tribunal where First-Tier Tribunal Judge Clive Broe backed the decision to remove him.

At the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) at Field House, in London, Judge Helen Rimington said: “The appellant had been convicted of possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply – and the (first-tier tribunal) judge had given careful consideration to the (crown court) judge’s sentencing comments and that the appellant travelled from London to Brighton to supply the drugs.

“The judge sentencing noted in his comments the damage to those who have used drugs and the effects on community generally.

“The first-tier tribunal judge found the nature of these offences weighed heavily in the balance.”

Upper Tribunal Judge Rimington said: “He took GCSEs at secondary school and went to college to do an apprenticeship.

“He could not continue with this because his lack of status meant he could not work.

“He maintained he first learned of his lack of status when he was arrested in 2016.

“He was issued with papers in 2014 and told he had indefinite leave to remain.”

She also said that the first-tier tribunal judge “emphasised the high public interest in deporting foreign criminals”, adding “very compelling reasons will be required if they are to constitute ‘exceptional circumstances’ which outweigh the public interest in deportation.”

She said: “The fact is that the appellant … had not been lawfully resident in the UK for most of his life.”

Judge Rimington upheld the decision of the Home Secretary and the first-tier tribunal.

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  1. Rob says:
    7 years ago

    what the f***?!
    guilty he may be, but British he is. This is disgraceful and shames our government

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  2. Rolo says:
    7 years ago

    Rob, let me ask you this..?

    What should they do with him? Give him a suspended sentence because our prisons are already packed full…so that he can re offend again? Or waste more public funds on this lost cause? Oh yeah, and not to mention, I wonder how much tax he’s ever contributed to this country? This boy is a scourge to society and once people realise how grave their punishments will be, that’s when the country’s absolutely vile and out of control crime levels will start to fall. Drugs, Rape, Gun Crime, Stabbings, will not stop until criminals receive real punishments. How could everyone have been so blind that rehabilitation is not as effective as punishments like this.. People like you, should be ashamed of what you’ve let go, on up until now. I hope you take some time to think about that.

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  3. Paul Clarke says:
    7 years ago

    I’m with you Rolo 100%
    He serves no use in this country just a waste of tax payers money. Liberal ideas are killing this country

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  4. Nathan Black says:
    9 months ago

    you dont know me so dont talk like you do yes i did get in to drugs but you have know reason why i did its easy for you to treat me like i am whats wrong with this country but what would you have done in my shoes with no one willing to help or guide you if i wanted to be a drug dealer i could have been that much earlier in my life mentally i was not there giving that i was gonna be sent to a country i have no knowledge of because im poor and cant afford my paperwork cause if i could i would of had no problem being granted my British passport .

    all im saying is there so much this report dose not mentioned about me dont judge me without knowing me first please

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