The man, known only as ZA, arrived in Britain in 2018 and applied for settled status on the basis he had a partner in the UK, but he did not tell authorities about his criminal past.
A Romanian rapist living in Britain, wanted in Romania for a driving offence, avoided deportation after a UK judge ruled it would aggravate his PTSD, citing prior prison abuse in Romania. The judge determined that extradition would be "oppressive" and incompatible with human rights, considering the minor nature of the driving offence and the potential for exacerbated PTSD symptoms due to inadequate treatment in Romanian prisons.
