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Hit-and-run drunk driver wins fight against deportation despite death crash
Immigration judges have blocked his removal despite hearing his offending had escalated
A HIT-AND-RUN drink-driver who caused the death of a pedestrian has won his fight against deportation to Lithuania.
Sergejus Aksiotovas, 54, pictured above, came to Britain in 2013 and lived in Wolverhampton before being jailed for five years in 2021 after knocking down a 63-year-old man.
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The Home Office sought to deport him but immigration judges have blocked his removal despite hearing his offending had escalated.
Aksiotovas, a dad released from prison on licence in November 2023, had a previous conviction for being in charge of a vehicle with excess alcohol.
The Home Office argued an immigration judge did not adequately take into account the risks he posed.
But legal documents stated: 'The judge accepted he is genuinely remorseful, that he completed an alcohol awareness programme in prison and that he has abstained from alcohol for the last four years.
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"The judge also accepted that he is a man who is willing to learn from his mistakes and rehabilitate."
It comes after Home Office ministers were slammed for being unable to say how many foreign criminal deportations are being blocked by European human rights laws.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has vowed to tighten the laws following a massive backlash against foreign offenders dodging deportations on spurious ECHR grounds.
Last month a man was seen fleeing across Heathrow Airport tarmac after fleeing security guards ahead of a deportation flight.
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Convicted drink-driver Sergejus Aksiutovas has had his deportation blocked by immigration judges
Credit: West Midlands Police
