A Jamaican criminal was caught drug dealing just three days after winning his asylum case to remain in the UK. Jevaughn Williams, 28, was committing crimes even as he fought a legal battle for permission to stay in the country.
Official documents show an asylum judge had initially revoked his deportation order, citing a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. However, a First Tier Tribunal ruled in August that deporting Williams to Jamaica would not breach the legislation. He now faces removal to the Caribbean nation.
Tribunal documents reveal Williams arrived in the UK with his mother in August 2001 and overstayed their leave to enter. They remained without leave until granted indefinite leave to remain in December 2008. His criminal record includes possessing a sawn-off shotgun in 2012, possessing a knife in 2013, drug possession in 2015, burglary in 2020, and voyeurism in 2023.
The Upper Tier Tribunal overturned the lower court's decision, ruling he should be deported. Judge Mark Blundell concluded Williams had 'no regard whatsoever for the law' after reoffending numerous times during his legal battle to stay in the UK.
