High Court judge rules 33-year-old Abdi Ismail, who has a history of violence and has served a number of jail terms, has been detained for too long pending deportation and orders his release
Home Secretary Theresa May has lost a human rights fight with a convicted Somalian criminal she wants to deport after a High Court judge complained of officials' ''incompetence''.
Mrs Justice Lang ruled that 33-year-old Abdi Ismail, who has a history of violence and has served a number of jail terms, had been detained for too long pending deportation and ordered his release.
The judge said detention had been prolonged unreasonably because of Home Office ''incompetence, neglect and failure to show due diligence''.
She said inquiries into Mr Ismail's family life had been ''dilatory'' and described the standard of a UK Border Agency investigation as ''low''.
Mrs Justice Lang said Mr Ismail, who had been detained for 18 months, was held pending deportation following a conviction for assault.
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