At least five convicted offenders – eligible for expulsion after jail terms – were freed into communities only to reoffend violently, it has been revealed.
Nathaniel Eyewu-Ago was killed during a knife fight in Greenwich (Image: NC)
Foreign criminals are dodging deportation orders and unleashing a wave of brutal attacks across Britain, exposing alarming failures in the Home Office’s removal system. At least five convicted offenders – eligible for expulsion after jail terms – were freed into communities only to reoffend with murders, rapes and robberies, it has been revealed.
Campaigners and Tory MPs slammed the “madness” as a betrayal of victims, with 19,390 foreign national offenders now languishing in the UK, including 3,708 who have evaded removal for over five years. At the heart of the scandal is Jason Furtado, 28, an Angolan-born Portuguese citizen who flouted a 2016 deportation order through endless legal appeals. Just days after the 2017 Westminster terror attack, he ploughed a stolen car into revellers outside a North London pub, maiming two innocents.
Ernesto Elliott and his son Nico killed Mr Eyewu-Ago (Image: Police handout)
However, in June this year, while on immigration bail and tagged, Furtado gunned down schoolboy Leonardo Reid, 15, and Klevi Shekaj, 23, in Islington.
Jailed for life last month with a 37-year minimum, the killer faces yet another deportation bid – but judges warn the system offers no guarantees.
Fury intensified over Ernesto Elliott, 47, a Jamaican with 17 prior convictions for knife crimes. Deported in 2020 but yanked back by a human rights plea, he and son Nico murdered Nathaniel Eyewu-Ago, 35, in a Greenwich drugs heist in 2022. Both received life sentences, but critics rage that appeals let killers roam free for months post-release.
Ugandan rapist Ramazan Mukalazi, 42, embodies the depravity: jailed for life in 2008 for a vicious assault, he was inexplicably cut loose in 2018 despite a judge’s deportation recommendation.
Jason Furtado, jailed for murder, should not even have been in the country (Image: Police handout)
In 2022, he battered a 66-year-old woman in Hounslow, dragged her into bushes and tried to rape her, snarling threats to “rip your tongue out.”
The victim suffered a brain haemorrhage; Mukalazi, caught with his trousers down, got another life term with an 11-year minimum.
Lithuanian drug dealer Alius Ambulta, 39, racked up 17 convictions under fake identities while on bail, flouting a judge’s removal order. As recently as July, he bragged online from Great Yarmouth, mocking enforcement.
Meanwhile, Algerian “Rolex Ripper” Amine Bentaib, 30, evaded arrest since 2022 before mugging a grandad for his £18,000 watch in 2023, earning 45 months behind bars.
Over four years, 11,890 foreign crooks reoffended, with 537 of the worst piling on 10-plus crimes each.
The complex process – from Stage One orders to tribunal appeals and High Court reviews – can drag on for years amid court backlogs, costing taxpayers millions while sentences expire.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood vowed in August to fast-track deportations, saying: “My message to foreign criminals is clear — break Britain’s laws and you’ll be sent packing in record time.”
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith told The Sun: “We have to get to grips with this madness… If foreign migrants carry out crime in the UK, they must lose their right to be here and should then be sent away.”
