A violent Somali criminal with 30 convictions to his name has won almost £80,000 compensation from the government after he was locked up for too long.
Abdulrahman Mohammed, 39, has been jailed more than a dozen times for crimes including affray, knife possession and multiple assaults and robberies.
But a judge has now ruled that the Home Office kept him in prison for 445 days too long whilst trying to deport him.
Despite describing him as 'a prolific and violent offender', Judge Edward Pepperall QC awarded him £78,500 in compensation.
In a description described as 'ironic understatement' in court, Mohammed's own lawyer had said 'he might not be considered an asset to society'
The judge said: 'I can well understand why the Home Secretary might wish to deport him.'
But Judge Pepperall ruled that Mohammed had been 'falsely imprisoned' and was 'entitled to justice in a civilised society'.
The European Court of Human Rights had ordered that he stay in Britain despite the government's attempts to deport him and it has now been ruled he was unlawfully detained while authorities worked out how to handle his case.
The three periods of unlawful detention are believed to have come after lawful prison terms, following which the Home Office kept him in while his deportation was considered.
Mohammed suffered torture and 'unimaginable barbarity' when he was 13 and living with his family in Mogadishu, the court heard.
His uncle was shot dead and a girl was raped in front of him, before thugs sliced through his cheeks with bayonets in a bid to cut out his tongue.
He was then 'branded with a burning cattle prod' before his torturers told him, 'remember us by this'.
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