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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Home Secretary appeals release of Albanian killer fighting deportation from UK

Maksim Cela served half a 25-year sentence in his native Albania - (Supplied)

The decision to release an Albanian gangster convicted of murder and terrorism charges on bail while he fights deportation from the UK was an "error of law" that is being appealed by the Home Secretary, Downing Street has said.

Maksim Cela served half a 25-year sentence in his native Albania for killing a police officer and his part in football stadium bomb plot before arriving in Britain.

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