Terrorist suspect linked to Osama bin Laden ‘allowed to stay’ after judge rules deportation threat ‘harmed his mental health’
The judge also scrapped restrictions that demanded he stay at home and report to police once a month
A SUSPECTED terrorist linked with Osama bin Laden has won the right to live in Britain indefinitely - after a judge ruled the threat of deportation had been bad for his mental health.
The judge also scrapped various restrictions on the Algerian, which had previously forced him to stay inside his home and report to a police station once a month.
He’ll even be allowed to enjoy a maths course at the Open University.
The wheelchair-bound man has been battling to remain in the UK for 21 years, despite the government repeatedly trying to expel him due to accusations he helped send young Brit Muslims abroad to train as jihadists.
But a judge ruled that living with the possibility of deportation for so long had affected him mentally, and quashed the Home Office’s refusal to give him indefinite leave to remain in Britain, .
The suspect, who is a father, can’t be named for legal reasons and can only be referred to as “G”.
He claimed asylum in the UK in August 1995 using a fake French passport, and the Home Office tried to deport him in 2001 after allegations he was a threat to national security.
Officials claimed he supported Algerian terror organisation the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, which is believed to have links to Bin Laden’s network.
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He lost two previous appeals against deportation, but the government couldn’t return him to Algeria because of human rights laws.
A new ruling by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission on December 16 saw Mr Justice Collins rule “G” is no longer a risk to national security and limiting his right to live in the UK had adversely affected his mental health.
A Home Office spokesman said the government is now considering its options.