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'Honest mistake': Migrant convicted of child sex offence avoids deportation in UK, judge says 'not a serious threat'

A paedophile migrant who did not tell UK authorities about a conviction for abusing a five-year-old has won the right to appeal against being deported, reports the Daily Mail.

An immigration judge ruled that 29-year-old Edi Cardoso Ramos made an “honest mistake” when he failed to mention his criminal past while applying for leave to remain in the UK. Ramos had been convicted of a serious sexual offence against a five-year-old in Portugal in 2014, receiving a three-year suspended sentence.

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