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9:00am Wednesday 23rd December 2009
AN ASYLUM seeker who left a 12-year-old Blackburn girl dying under the wheels of his car has won the right to stay in this country.
Aso Mohammed Ibrahim's victory has outraged Amy Houston's father Paul, who had been fighting for the Iraqi national's deportation since his daughter's death in 2003.
And the judge's decision yesterday has also left officials at the UK Border Agency stunned.
They had been trying to send Ibrahim back to Iraq and said they were 'extremely disappointed' to have failed.
Justice Secretary and Blackburn MP Jack Straw said he would take to case to Home Secretary Alan Johnson in a bid to force an appeal.
Ibrahim was yesterday told by a judge in Manchester that he would be allowed to stay in England permanently, six years and one month after Amy's death.
Mr Houston, of Argyle Street, Darwen, said he was 'raging' that a judge had allowed him to stay.
He said: “They may as well give passports out in lucky bags because that’s all they’re worth.
“I can’t believe the decision the judge has come to. Is he on a different planet?
“I’ve had Greg Pope back me, as well as Janet Anderson and Jack Straw.
"All these MPs and what good does it do?
“I’ve been taken for a mug because I’m a little man, a working class man, and it doesn’t matter to them."
Mr Houston vowed to continue the fight to have Ibrahim deported.
He said: "What a Christmas present for him and what a terrible one for my family.
"Well, I hope he doesn’t celebrate too soon because this is not the end.
"I could sit here and think, 'well, Amy’s dead, she isn’t going to come back', but I won’t.
“I will fight this for the rest of my life until he leaves the country."
Amy ran into the road in Newfield Drive, Highercroft, Blackburn, and was struck by Ibrahim's car.
He ran off, leaving her under the car.
Ibrahim was jailed for four months for driving while disqualified and failing to stop after an accident.
At the time of the crash he had no licence or insurance and was said to have exhausted all means of appeal to stay in this country, but could not be deported because Iraq was unsafe.
In 2006, he appeared before court again for driving while disqualfied.
Fourteen months ago he was taken to a deportation centre and UK Border Agency officials vowed they would try to remove him from the country 'at the earliest possible opportunity'.”
He was later released on bail and launched an appeal against deportation on grounds that he had married and had two children in England.
Mr Straw said he found the judge's decision 'very disappointing'.
He said: “I will be speaking to the Home Secretary to see if there’s any way we can appeal against this decision, and I will also be talking to the family.
"They have been through an awful time.”
Jo Liddy, regional director of the UK Border Agency in the North West, Jo Liddy, added their 'extreme disappointment'.
She said: "We have made it clear that we will prioritise the removal of those foreign nationals who present the most risk of harm to the public."
Mike Costa, Blackburn says...
9:15am Wed 23 Dec 09
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Mike Costa, Blackburn says...
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dadada, Lancs says...
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happycyclist, Darwen says...
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Colunio Lad, Colne says...
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past it, Sunny Darwen says...
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spyderleg, blackburn says...
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Sox, Blackburn says...
9:55am Wed 23 Dec 09
steve18gls, Blackburn says...
10:09am Wed 23 Dec 09
Sox wrote:Are you some sort of idiot ?. People get the goverment that has been elected not because they wanted them.
People get the judiciary/government they deserve (vote for)!
bwithd, bwithd says...
10:19am Wed 23 Dec 09
john the boss, great harwood says...
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Stone Island, Blackburn says...
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john the boss, great harwood says...
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steve18gls, Blackburn says...
11:05am Wed 23 Dec 09
john the boss wrote:I agree mate, Can anybody help with this ?
i wish i new how to work facebook to open a group just to show the way our crap justice system works with this story,, sercuity word should be blood-boil
ExForces, Blackburn says...
11:09am Wed 23 Dec 09
moggy669, darwen says...
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happycyclist, Darwen says...
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genuflect, darwen says...
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True Darwener, Darwen says...
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DR46ON4RM, says...
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petew27, Blackburn says...
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DR46ON4RM, says...
5:23pm Wed 23 Dec 09
john the boss wrote:already done, http://www.facebook.
i wish i new how to work facebook to open a group just to show the way our crap justice system works with this story,, sercuity word should be blood-boil
moggy669, darwen says...
5:25pm Wed 23 Dec 09
petew27 wrote:Nice one.
Again please join this facebook group and show your support to amys parents http://www.facebook. com/#/group.php?gid= 241625086203&ref
=mf
ecoday, Accrington says...
5:47pm Wed 23 Dec 09
steve18gls, Blackburn says...
5:59pm Wed 23 Dec 09
petew27 wrote:Thanks for that mate. i joined and sent it to everyone i know on facebook and all them in my contact email list. perhaps as a show of support everyone who reads this could also do the same if possible. thanks again
Again please join this facebook group and show your support to amys parents http://www.facebook. com/#/group.php?gid= 241625086203&ref
=mf
Davidoff, n/a says...
6:03pm Wed 23 Dec 09
PwBburn, Blackburn says...
6:17pm Wed 23 Dec 09
past it wrote:Just recently we have innocent people put in jail because they take retribution out on burglers that break in there homes and threaten there lives, now we have some judge who has no idea about the real world and lets this scumbag stay in our country after doing this to a child, now I am worried, so just to pre-warn any labour councillor who turns up at my door in the forth coming election campaign, my question as I slam the door in there face will be "Whats your take on law and order"
You can contact Mr waste of Straw at blackburnlabour@hotm ail.com
petew27, Blackburn says...
6:24pm Wed 23 Dec 09
petew27, Blackburn says...
6:25pm Wed 23 Dec 09
moggy669, darwen says...
6:37pm Wed 23 Dec 09
steve18gls wrote:Done.
petew27 wrote: Again please join this facebook group and show your support to amys parents http://www.facebook. com/#/group.php?gid= 241625086203&ref =mfThanks for that mate. i joined and sent it to everyone i know on facebook and all them in my contact email list. perhaps as a show of support everyone who reads this could also do the same if possible. thanks again
PwBburn, Blackburn says...
6:49pm Wed 23 Dec 09
petew27 wrote:petew27 got it thanks and I have left an e-mail for Mr Straw, should he reply I will let everyone know what he says on this subject.
blackburnlabour@hotm ail.com it probably didnt work because of the space in the above email address
Alfred the OK, Ormskirk says...
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Wellingtonia, Brierfield says...
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TenerifeBlue, los cristianos says...
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Come the Revolution, Gt. Harwood says...
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mazx4, blackburn says...
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john the boss, great harwood says...
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past it, Sunny Darwen says...
8:22pm Wed 23 Dec 09
petew27 wrote:Thanks for correcting my error, I have e mailed the fcuk wit Straw about this and sent the story to the Mail, also joined the facebook group. This country must be the dumping ground of the world.
blackburnlabour@hotm ail.com it probably didnt work because of the space in the above email address
Tosh67, Blackburn says...
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robinjevansbnp, darwen says...
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RAyzer, BURNLEY says...
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franzy1875, blackburn says...
10:56am Thu 24 Dec 09
RAyzer wrote:vote bnp
one word...........LABOU R..... remember at voting time......
workaholic, Accrington says...
11:26am Thu 24 Dec 09
franzy1875 wrote:I am sorry but I for one will still be voting for Labour. Gordon Brown is a Great Man and has saved the World financially! No Doubt in my mind!!! If you want to support the Rich and Middle Classes who have always exploited the working classes - Then go ahead vote conservative, but think very carefully before you do!
RAyzer wrote:vote bnp
one word...........LABOU R..... remember at voting time......
DR46ON4RM, says...
11:46am Thu 24 Dec 09
workaholic wrote:I'm sorry, for a minute then I thought you said Gordon Brown is a great man. Saved the world financially? Dear God.....the guy is a complete @rsehole who has ruined this country with his spineless misguided policies.
franzy1875 wrote:I am sorry but I for one will still be voting for Labour. Gordon Brown is a Great Man and has saved the World financially! No Doubt in my mind!!! If you want to support the Rich and Middle Classes who have always exploited the working classes - Then go ahead vote conservative, but think very carefully before you do!
RAyzer wrote:vote bnp
one word...........LABOU R..... remember at voting time......
RAyzer, BURNLEY says...
12:19pm Thu 24 Dec 09
moggy669, darwen says...
1:09pm Thu 24 Dec 09
workaholic wrote:What the hell are you on about you misinformed so and so???
franzy1875 wrote:I am sorry but I for one will still be voting for Labour. Gordon Brown is a Great Man and has saved the World financially! No Doubt in my mind!!! If you want to support the Rich and Middle Classes who have always exploited the working classes - Then go ahead vote conservative, but think very carefully before you do!RAyzer wrote: one word...........LABOU R..... remember at voting time......vote bnp
owd nick, Darwen says...
2:12pm Thu 24 Dec 09
A Darener, Darwen says...
2:24pm Thu 24 Dec 09
moggy669 wrote:" G B is a great man and has saved the world financially" !!!!!!!!!!
workaholic wrote:What the hell are you on about you misinformed so and so??? If thats the case then why is the uk the last of the eu countries in recession? Workaholic? more like alcoholicfranzy1875 wrote:I am sorry but I for one will still be voting for Labour. Gordon Brown is a Great Man and has saved the World financially! No Doubt in my mind!!! If you want to support the Rich and Middle Classes who have always exploited the working classes - Then go ahead vote conservative, but think very carefully before you do!RAyzer wrote: one word...........LABOU R..... remember at voting time......vote bnp
workaholic, Accrington says...
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ifihadthewingsofaneagle, home says...
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Sox, Blackburn says...
7:11pm Thu 24 Dec 09
steve18gls wrote:Sorry if I was being a bit too subtle, you are obviously very emotional.
Sox wrote: People get the judiciary/government they deserve (vote for)!Are you some sort of idiot ?. People get the goverment that has been elected not because they wanted them.
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pull some strings, ROSSENDALE says...
9:08am Wed 23 Dec 09
The Government and justice system is a shambles and a disgrace to the UK citizens that they are supposed to protect.