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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

No 10 questions UK status of ‘foreign criminals’ amid chemical assault row

Abdul Ezedi dressed in a blue shirt and black hooded jacket with damage to the skin around his right eye and cheek
CCTV image of suspect Abdul Ezedi in a Tesco store in north London after the chemical attack. Photograph: Metropolitan police/AFP/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak does not think “foreign criminals should be able to stay” in the UK, his official spokesperson has said, amid a row over the immigration status of a sex offender hunted over a chemical assault on the streets of London.

Abdul Ezedi, reportedly from Afghanistan, who is wanted in connection with the attack in south London on Wednesday, was granted refugee status after he was convicted in 2018 for sexual assault and exposure.

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