Vile people smuggler who trafficked 9 adults & 2 kids argues getting deported would be ‘too disruptive for his children'
Miklovan Bazegurore's lawyers tried to argue that being extradited to Belgium would breach his right to family life.
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Miklovan Bazegurore was locked up in 2018
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They claimed that his daughter, 10, who has special educational needs, would suffer if he was jailed in a different country.
The Kosovan national was locked up in 2018 after pleading guilty at Aylesbury Crown Court to conspiracy to facilitate illegal immigration.
He had links to a lorry that was caught by the National Crime Agency in Milton Keynes in 2016 having nine Albanian adults and two children
hidden next to a concrete mixer inside.
Since his release in 2023, he has been fighting extradition to Belgium, where he was handed a separate conviction for people smuggling and sentenced to five years.
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His lawyer tried to argue that extraditing him would 'be extremely disruptive for the children', according to
But The Court of Appeal his offences as part of an 'international smuggling ring" were so bad that extradition outweighed the impact on his kid.
Bazegurore is expected to be deported in the next few weeks.
It comes after a sick Palestinian gran won permission to come to Britain for medical treatment — despite fears it could undermine immigration controls.
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The 67-year-old has a daughter, 50, living in Britain.
She argued successfully at an immigration tribunal last month they had a right to family life under a European Human Rights rule.
But in court documents seen by The Sun on Sunday, the Home Office warned it could also lead to a 'proliferation' of similar applications.
The woman, who suffers from spinal stenosis, is financially supported by her daughter.
She lives in war-torn Gaza City and was deemed vulnerable by the tribunal as she suffers from PTSD and depression.
The treatment is expected to cost about £20,000 at a private hospital in Windsor, Berks, and the woman will return to Gaza after it is completed.
Upper Tribunal Judge Rebecca Owens allowed her appeal for a visitor visa.
'Right to family life' deportation loophole to FINALLY be closed in long-awaited crackdown
By Harry Cole and Jack Elsom
A LONG-awaited crackdown on dodgy 'family life' loopholes in deportation cases will take a huge step forward.
Judges will be ordered to ignore bogus claims featuring laughable excuses which left-wing lawyers have been able to repeatedly exploit.
An Albanian criminal was recently allowed to stay under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights partly because his son
A senior Government source promised: 'The bonkers predicament that Britain finds herself in where a migrant can dodge deportation thanks to our own lawyers weaponising Article 8 because they
'The European Convention on Human Rights has taken the mickey for far too long and we will change the law to give primacy to our sovereign Parliament.'
Under Article 8 of the ECHR, people are able to claim their right to a family or private life, which is often weaponised by left-wing lawyers fighting for asylum seekers and foreign criminals to stay in the country.
The Government will instead propose a law change to give British courts primacy over ECHR rulings — but the move will require Commons legislation.
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My £1m inheritance was stolen by crime gang scamming families with fake wills… it's shockingly easy but cops WON'T help
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But just as Lisa and her younger sister Nicole excitedly discussed what they might do with this unexpected windfall, their dreams were shattered when a mysterious Hungarian man named Tamas Szvercsok produced a Advertisement It named him sole executor and beneficiary of her entire estate. Despite clear signs that the will, which contained glaring mistakes and misspellings, was a scam, the probate service and police informed Lisa and Nicole that there would be no investigation. The inheritance has been frozen ever since – which will be two years in August. An investigation by BBC journalist Sue Mitchell in Radio 4 podcast Shadow World: The Grave Robbers reveals that what happened to Lisa and Nicole was part of a massive operation by a Hungarian criminal gang, taking advantage of an archaic legal system, racing to beat respectable heir hunting teams by producing fake wills to steal people's inheritance. And it could be happening to you. Advertisement 'It's a story of criminals who have found a way to steal other people's inheritance,' says Sue. 'To steal the homes of the dead. Robbing them and their rightful heirs. "It relies on fake wills filed really quickly before the rightful heirs can get a chance, and you won't believe how simple it is. It's going on right now and no one is stopping these thieves.' Family row Shameless moment crook counts £30k in cash he swindled from vulnerable pensioners 'We never had much, growing up,' says Lisa. 'The house in Russell Road, Wimbledon belonged to my grandparents. "My mum and her sister Christine were brought up there. It was their family home. Advertisement 'Mum died from cancer when I was five, and my sister was one, and my aunt moved in with us for a while to help my dad bring us up. It's a story of criminals who have found a way to steal other people's inheritance. To steal the homes of the dead. Robbing them and their rightful heirs Sue Mitchell 'But there was a family argument. I don't really know what it was about, because dad didn't talk about it, but it may be that Christine didn't think he was bringing us up properly. 'She left us after about a year and we never heard from her again. It was very sad because she and my mum were very close and she was also close to dad, who passed away about nine weeks ago. 'When my mum died my dad had a bit of a breakdown because he had lost the love of his life and was left to bring us up on his own. But he did a really good job of doing that. 'When we grew up and had families of our own, my sister went to the house to offer Christine an olive branch, posting a letter to say we hoped she was alright and to get in contact, but we never heard from her.' Advertisement Probate problem 13 Christine was looked after by her devoted husband until she died in 2020 Credit: Supplied 13 Sue has described the current system as a 'crook's charter' Credit: supplied 13 Despite apparently being her 'dear friend', Tamas didn't even get her name right when contacted Credit: Supplied Christine continued to live in the house after her parents died and, as she got older, became ill and bed-ridden. She was looked after by her devoted husband until he died in 2020. Advertisement A year later Christine moved to a care home, and she died soon afterwards. Because of the estrangement, Lisa and Nicole didn't know that at the time, and it wasn't until heir hunting company Anglia Research Services made contact with the sisters that they knew she had passed away. Christine had no children of her own, so the process of passing the estate onto her nieces should have been relatively simple. Instead it has caused heartache and stress. If you die intestate (without a valid will) and with no known relatives, your estate and everything you own eventually passes to the government. Before that happens, your name and some of your details go on what is called the Bona Vacantia list, a Latin term meaning ownerless property. Advertisement The most alarming thing was his age. Christine died at a very good age, so to have her living in an extremely affluent area in Wimbledon and having a 'dear friend Tamas Szvercsok' in his early thirties does make you want to investigate a little further Matt Boardman 'This list was set up over 50 years ago,' says Sue. 'It's an old-fashioned system now available online and has formed the basis for TV shows like Heir Hunters, who use genealogy and detective work to search for the recipients of unexpected windfalls in exchange for a small share of the estate.' Lisa and Nicole were happy to let Anglia Research Services apply for a grant of probate – the legal will to deal with the deceased's estate – on their behalf. But when they did so, they found that the claim could not proceed. Without anyone knowing, Tamas Szvercsok, in his thirties, had beaten them to it and had registered a will he said was written in 2016, five years before Christine died, leaving him everything. Former policeman turned heir hunter Matt Boardman, who had contacted Lisa, managed to get a hold of a copy of the will, and what he saw made him feel uneasy. Advertisement 'It said, 'To my dear friend, Tamas Szvercsok,'' he says. 'It's quite easy to run a check to see who this person is. "The most alarming thing was his age. Christine died at a very good age, so to have her living in an extremely affluent area in Wimbledon and having a 'dear friend Tamas Szvercsok' in his early thirties does make you want to investigate a little further.' 'Crook's charter' 13 Christine's neighbour Sue was confident she hadn't written the will Credit: Joe Dixey/BBC 13 The crook also misspelt Russell Road with only one 'l' Credit: Google Earth To Matt's surprise, when he rang the telephone number he found for Tamas Szvercsok, he picked up. Advertisement 'He answered and I explained what the matter was about," Matt recalls. "When I mentioned it was to do with the estate of Christine, he didn't know what I was talking about at first. "If somebody is your 'dear friend' and they have passed away and you don't immediately recognise their name, it is very fishy. "He then went on the back foot and said I would have to speak to his lawyer. Later Mr Szvercsok emailed me to say he is sole executor of 'Mary's' will and had never heard of any family of hers. He spelt Russell Road with one 'l'.' Sue points out: 'Mary is Christine's middle name and she never used it. I think he called her that because Hungarians write their surname followed by their first name." Advertisement Matt explains how an executor of a will used to have to attend their local probate registry to swear an oath and sign that document in person, which allowed the registrar who was dealing with the matter to evaluate every single case on its own merit. But when the system went online in 2017, it removed that 'over-the-counter' service, effectively eliminating the chance to talk to someone about their knowledge of the deceased and to question their demeanour or behaviour. If somebody is your 'dear friend' and they have passed away and you don't immediately recognise their name, it is very fishy Matt Boardman The current system is what Sue describes as 'a crooks' charter.' 'All they need to do is to look at the Bona Vacantia list online and come up with a will and no one is checking it," she says. "The crooks simply tick a box on the form saying there is no inheritance tax to be paid because the property is worth under £325,000, without providing any proof. Advertisement 'Those applications tend to go through more quickly. It's what Tamas Szvercsok did on the million pound Wimbledon home. Since going online it's become a free for all.' Lisa, Nicole and the heir hunting team have been frustrated that neither the probate service nor police have been willing to investigate. 'The probate office says that we have to prove who we are in a civil court case, but that would take years and thousands of pounds, and we don't have that money,' says Lisa. 'When we reported it to Action Fraud - which they forwarded to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau - we received an email saying there was no line of enquiry that they could pursue. "I might have to get a no-win, no-fee solicitor or someone else to help. I don't know. I hope it doesn't come to that.' Advertisement Fake signatures 13 Christine's neighbour Sue said she would not have been able to have disinherited her husband from the property Credit: Joe Dixey/BBC 13 Handwriting expert Christina Strang confirmed that the witness signatures were fake Credit: Supplied During her investigation Sue spoke to Christine's neighbour, a retired head teacher also named Sue, who was confident that her friend Christine had never written that will. 'She was disabled and reclusive at that time in 2016 and cared for by her husband, to whom she was devoted,' Sue says. 'Also, she could not disinherit her husband from the real estate because they were married and joint tenants of the property. Advertisement "For the two witnesses to have signed it would have meant her husband opening the door to them and leading them upstairs to where she was in the bedroom, and then him having to stay out of the room while she asked them to sign the will in which she disinherited him.' Sue Mitchell tracked down the son of one of the signed witnesses. His mother has since died, but he is sure it is not her signature and that she did not know Tamas Szvercsok. The will also misspelt Russell Road with one 'l', as it did in Tamas's email. Handwriting expert Christina Strang confirmed that the witness signatures were fake and had likely been copied from the internet by the same man. Christine's neighbour Sue turned detective herself to discover that the address given for Szvercsok on the will was a block of flats that was not built until 2021 - five years after the alleged date of the will. Advertisement I think in any other area, you steal a million pounds, someone will be doing something. But this is punishment-free. They have no intention of going after these people. No one takes it seriously Sue Mitchell With all this seemingly overwhelming evidence of forgery, Sue Mitchell presented it to the probate service. 'Weeks later a reply comes back,' she says. 'It's three short sentences. It looks computer generated. The probate service just repeats the initial advice that Lisa should challenge the will through the civil court. "I feel so frustrated when we have demonstrated how a serious crime has been perpetrated. No one wants to investigate. "I think in any other area, you steal a million pounds, someone will be doing something. But this is punishment-free. They have no intention of going after these people. No one takes it seriously.' 'Tip of the iceberg' During the course of her investigation Sue, along with the heir hunting team, discovered many other fraudulent wills benefiting various young Hungarian men. Advertisement When contacted, like Tamas Szvercsok, they are initially uncertain as to whose will is being questioned - suggesting that they are conducting multiple frauds. 'What we've exposed is the tip of the iceberg,' says Sue. 'We're getting more and more cases coming in. "It looks like one big criminal network, based in Hungary, who appear to have been snatching people's inheritances dating back to at least 2019. 'That is a lot of people. They have also created hundreds of bogus companies across the country to launder the money, and I think it is linked to other crime including cannabis farms and ID fraud.' We're getting more and more cases coming in. It looks like one big criminal network, based in Hungary, who appear to have been snatching people's inheritances dating back to at least 2019. That is a lot of people Sue Mitchell Meanwhile the long frustrating wait for their inheritance continues for Lisa and Nicole, and others. Advertisement But there are signs that, at last, the legal system is being tightened up. The publicity that Sue's investigation has attracted has prompted the 'I welcome that, but there needs to be a proper system put in place,' says Sue. 'You should have to provide ID when you take probate and have checks on whether inheritance tax is due or not. 'Insurance companies, for example, have systems to flag up things such as whiplash claims, and they can cross reference claimants. Advertisement "The probate service needs to be modernised. It's an awful thing losing relatives without having to go through all this stress.' Lisa admits that the whole experience has brought her down, but she is feeling more optimistic since Sue got involved. 'She's worked really hard and made a hell of a difference for us,' she says. 'I was feeling quite low about it because you can't talk to anyone. Nobody seems to want to really sit down and help, apart from Sue and Anglia Research. "It's just so frustrating. But I really do hope we will get there in the end.' Advertisement 13 Further investigations have uncovered other fraudulent will statements Credit: Supplied 13 Sue's investigation has led to the open list of unclaimed wills being shut down 13 "Heir hunting" is big business and has even been turned into a popular BBC series, Heir Hunters (pictured) Credit: BBC
The Irish Sun
an hour ago
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Putin's soldiers killed ‘in mass poisoning by laced bottles of WATER' in suspected Ukrainian sabotage operation
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The Irish Sun
4 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Mum tells court of moment she found son, 3, with ‘blood and marks' after boy was mauled to death in horror dog attack
THE mum of a boy who was killed in a brutal dog attack has told a court of the moment she found her son covered in blood and marks. 2 The boys parents Mark Twigg, 43, and Joanne Bedford, 37, are on trial accused of manslaughter His parents Mark Twigg, 43, and Joanne Bedford, 37, are currently on trial at Manchester Crown Court, accused of Daniel's manslaughter. The prosecution allege the couple's negligence meant Daniel was "alone and unsupervised" when he entered a yard containing two large, "dangerous", and "powerful" 50kg guard dogs. Recalling the "petrifying" moment she saw Daniel's body for the first time after the attack, she told the court how she had left her son in the kitchen with his older sister while she went to find a pair of shorts for him upstairs. After first stopping in the bathroom for an unspecified amount of time, she was then about to enter Daniel's bedroom to grab his shorts when she heard his sister let out a blood-curdling scream. Read More on UK News She told the court that her daughter was crying out: "Mum, mum, Daniel's in the [dog] pen. He is face down and he's got blood everywhere." As the memory came back to her, Bedford reportedly burst into tears, testifying she then rushed to the dog pen to get the canines out of the way. She said: "I sat down on the floor with Daniel and asked his sister to get my phone so I could call for an ambulance. "Daniel was face down on the floor, he had gotten puncture marks all over his neck and he was bleeding. I was petrified and scared for my little boy." Most read in The Sun The two dogs involved - a Cane Corso called Sid and a Boerboel type dog named Tiny - belonged to farm owner Matthew Brown. However, it is alleged that the couple were looking after them at the time of the attack and should have known the risk they posed to Daniel. Baby is mauled to death by family dog after mom turned back to pick up laundry before desperately trying to stop attack It is also claimed that the couple had ignored warnings from the RSPCA that the animals were a danger. Bedford was seven-months pregnant at the time of the attack and struggled to run down the stairs after hearing her daughter's screams. She said that Tiny was standing near the shed while Sid was towering over Daniel and moving towards him. After telling him to get off the boy, she then found Daniel face down covered in blood and marks. She recalled feeling "scared for my little boy" while trying to keep the dogs at bay. CCTV from a neighbour's property showed Daniel inside the pen at 12.50pm, the jury heard, and he was seen moving around inside for a few moments before disappearing from view. At the same time, a dog in an adjacent pen became 'excited, bouncing up and down in animated fashion'. A 999 call was made by Daniel's mother almost 20 minutes later after he'd been inside the dog pen, the jury heard previously, and while it's not known for certain whether both dogs were involved in the attack Sid was the 'likely' culprit. 'DANIEL'S DEATH WAS AN UTTERLY FORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCE' John Elvidge KC, prosecuting, said: "No-one suggests that these catastrophic events were intended or desired by his parents but this attack and Daniel's death were utterly foreseeable consequences of negligently allowing Daniel to enter Sid and Tiny's pen alone and unsupervised." Daniel's parents had a 'long association' with the farm, owned by a Matthew Brown, with Twigg working as an odd job man and Bedford keeping horses there. The couple, who have two other children, leased the farmhouse from Brown in March 2022 after he had been remanded to prison when his girlfriend Deniqua Westwood made a complaint to police. Westwood, who operated a puppy breeding business, moved out and but it was agreed the guard dogs would remain and the couple would look after them. Twigg was paid £450 to attend to the day-to-day security, running of the farm, and the dogs' care. The couple, who also had another eight or nine dogs to look after, including three of their own, stayed on at the farm despite having a home in Blackley, Manchester, when Brown was released on bail, the jury heard. The pair continued to have responsibility for the dogs over weekends when he was away, with Daniel attacked on one such weekend, argued the prosecution. The trial continues. 2 Daniel Twigg, 3, was brutally killed in the dog attack Credit: PA
