A 31 year old failed asylum seeker walked free from court this week despite being due for deportation. Instead the Iraqi Kurd has been released on bail while he appeals the deportation decision as he claims it is still too dangerous for him to return to his country.
Mohammed Ibrahim was involved in a car accident over 5 years ago which killed a 12 year old girl from Darwen in November 2003. At the time Mr Ibrahim, who lived in Blackburn, was banned from driving for 9 months for driving whilst disqualified. He was originally disqualified for driving without holding a UK license or the necessary insurance.
Mr Ibrahim, who appeared to disregard UK law by continuing to drive illegally, was jailed for 4 months after failing to stop at the scene of an accident - he responded to mowing down the 12 year old by getting out of his car and running off.
Since then Mohammed has exhausted all his appeals to stay in the UK and was told that he would be deported at the earliest opportunity when he was seized in October 2008. However, he seems intent on dragging the process out as long as possible and recently won a court appeal against being detained while his deportation case was processed meaning that he is once again a free man.
The UK Border Agency could not estimate how long it would take to process his deportation.
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