A Romanian man who has been deported from the UK five times in seven years was found working in Beeston.
Nicu Marin also wanted to marry a woman he had met after illegally entering the UK in August last year - despite having last been removed in November 2019.
Leeds Crown Court heard on Tuesday that Marin, 44, had already breached the deportation order put in in 2015 five times. Prosecutor, Bashir Ahmed, said: "On the 30th October 2015 he was deported from the UK. He was back in the UK on 31st October 2016 and a shoplifting offence highlighted his existence in the UK.