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A failed asylum-seeker who left a 12-year-old girl dying under the wheels of his car while banned from driving will be allowed to remain in the UK, ju

A failed asylum-seeker who left a 12-year-old girl dying under the wheels of his car while banned from driving will be allowed to remain in the UK, ju

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 8 months ago
We demand that the following case needs reviewing with the view of Aso Mohammed Ibrahim being deported for the unlawful death of Amy Houston. These are the facts A failed asylum-seeker who left a 12-year-old girl dying under the wheels of his car while banned from driving will be allowed to remain in the UK, judges have ruled. Aso Mohammed Ibrahim, 33, an Iraqi Kurd, was already banned from driving when he ran off, leaving Amy Houston trapped under his Rover car. Her father, Paul Houston, 41, from Darwen, Lancashire, begged judges at a recent deportation hearing to bring "my seven years of hell to an end" by sending Ibrahim back to Iraq. Mr Houston was left to make the decision to turn off Amy's life support machine hours after the crash in Blackburn, Lancs, in November 2003. He has since campaigned to get Ibrahim deported in a tortuous legal battle spanning seven years. Last month he handed in a letter to judges, containing an impassioned plea asking for Ibrahim to be deported. The Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber sitting in Manchester also heard Ibrahim, given leave to remain in the UK, had a string of criminal convictions. Ibrahim's lawyers argued that his human rights would be impinged if he was sent back to Iraq. And two senior immigration judges rejected a final appeal by the UK Border Agency to have him deported. Ibrahim will now be allowed to live in the UK permanently.

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December 17, 2010

The legal roadblocks are exhausting and often feel impossible to push against. I am still here working through the paperwork even when the outcome seems stalled by these rulings.

December 17, 2010

Reaching this level of visibility feels heavy given the news we are fighting against. It is exhausting to keep pushing when the system feels so indifferent but seeing so many people refuse to look away helps me keep going.

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Sarah Hunt
15 years ago Featured

this is absolutely sickening. that poor girl and her family have been through enough. how can the law let this happen?

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Karen Cunningham
15 years ago Featured

So wrong. He had no business being on the road in the first place and now he gets to stay? We have lost our way.

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Mark West
15 years ago Featured

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GONE YEARS AGO. WHAT A DISGRACE TO OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM

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Dave Castro
15 years ago Featured

Human rights for who exactly? Not the victim that's for sure. Get him out.

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Tom Cox
15 years ago Featured

Send him back. No excuses.

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Julie Crawford
15 years ago Featured

My heart breaks for her family. He destroyed their lives and gets to stay here like nothing happened. Unbelievable.