A crack cocaine dealer has avoided deportation after a judge overturned a Home Office order after ruling the criminal was “naive” and “young for his age”.
Jabril Hussein Abdullahi, 24, was convicted of supplying Class A drugs in November 2021, sentenced to three years and five months in prison, as well as deportation to his home country of Italy.
This is in accordance with UK laws which But any foreign national sentenced to more than 12 months in prison will be automatically deported.
Judge Canavan, however, said the young man, who speaks fluent Italian, would be in danger and could risk making “bad choices” after being raised in a “very female family”.
Abdullahi moved to the UK aged 16 with his mother under pre-Brexit free movement rules, but she returned to Somalia, leaving her son to live with his aunt.
Jabril Hussein Abdullahi, 24, was convicted of supplying Class A drugs in November 2021 and sentenced to three years and five months in prison. Pictured: Asylum and Immigration Court in Holburn, London
The judge, however, ruled: “Living with his very female family and the youngest child – a boy – speaks very strongly to the fact that he is pampered, spoiled and never expected to or “a man”.
“In this scenario, I consider it unlikely that he will have the language, skills or adaptability necessary to settle in Italy, to find his own (housing), a job and form friendships , without making bad choices.”
At a higher court hearing last month, Judge Canavan said her “immaturity, lack of experience of independent living and lack of family support” in Italy had also influenced her decision.
She added that he did not want to depend on his mother or partner for funds and also stressed that they would not be able to support him.
The judge said Abdullahi “did not manage his money well”, leading him to take “what seemed like a good opportunity to make money to sell drugs, without thinking of the consequences “.
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