29 Dec 2020
A convicted Albanian killer has escaped deportation because of a legal failure on the part of the British government.
Alfred Mahmutaj, 42, a convicted killer, was arrested alongside 68 other Albanian migrants off the coast of East Anglia on November 17 after the National Crime Agency (NCA) agents and Border Force officers intercepted a 101-foot migrant boat from Belgium.
It is believed that Mahmuataj and his 68 compatriots paid up to £20,000 apiece to people smugglers to enter the UK.
The killer was arrested before landing on British soil and therefore was able to dodge prosecution for entering the UK illegally,
The Telegraphreported.
The 69 migrants were initially charged with illegally entering the UK under Section 24 of the 1971 Immigration Act, however, the act states that: “a person arriving in the United Kingdom by ship or aircraft shall… be deemed not to enter the United Kingdom unless and until he disembarks”.