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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lisa O'Carroll

German blacklisted and unable to get job after London criminal steals ID

Rami Battikh standing in a kitchen
German national Rami Battikh has written to the Met police, trying to persuade the Met that its database entry is incorrect, in an effort to clear his name. Photograph: Rami Battikh

A young German citizen has told how his life has been destroyed after a London criminal used his ID to rack up a string of convictions that now appear on the German database against his name.

The phantom record has left the 24-year-old in despair, effectively blacklisted and unable to get a job for the past four years in his native Bonn, stymying a budding career and the start of his adult life.

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