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The asylum seeker that was ‘unable to work’ but could run a drugs line

The asylum seeker that was ‘unable to work’ but could run a drugs line

Published by Sam Flores

This is the first photograph of an asylum seeker caught operating a drugs line in a Midlands town. Mariglen Malaj was spotted by undercover officers supplying another man with drugs in Fernwood Drive, in Rugeley, Staffordshire, a court heard. The 26-year-old was found to be carrying two wraps of cocaine, £1,000 in cash and two mobile phones. READ MORE: HMP Oakwood inmate ‘high on spice’ attacked female guard after getting him new TV Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp, click the link to join The defendant refused to provide the pin numbers to the phones when asked by police during the incident on December 3 last year. Crown prosecutor Mr Adam Watkins said officers also discovered Malaj in possession of a key to a property on Fernwood Drive. Upon inspection, police discovered a further 27 wraps of cocaine, an Albanian driving license, £1,500 in cash and a Barclays bank card. It’s believed the drugs had an estimated street value of up to £1,500. Mr Watkins added: “The telephone operating the snizz drugs line was never …

Asylum seeker who abducted and repeatedly raped 12-year-old to be sentenced

Asylum seeker who abducted and repeatedly raped 12-year-old to be sentenced

Published by Sam Flores

An asylum seeker who abducted and raped a 12-year-old in an attack which sparked protests in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, is facing a lengthy jail term. Afghan national Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, whose victim said he laughed while attacking her last summer, will be sentenced after he was found guilty of rape and two counts of sexual assault. Jurors at Warwick Crown Court also convicted him of child abduction and taking an indecent video of the girl during the ordeal near a residential cul-de-sac. He had admitted a further rape charge before his trial and will be sentenced for all counts at the same court on Friday. The trial judge said the defendant would receive “a substantial custodial sentence” which would “automatically make him liable for deportation at its conclusion”. Jurors at the 10-day trial were told that Mulakhil arrived in the UK four months before the rapes and had made an immigration application linked to “problems” he had experienced in Afghanistan. The trial was not told that Mulakhil arrived in Britain by small boat. Mulakhil told police …

Council ‘can’t afford’ elections… but spends £30k on migrants’ mental health

Council ‘can’t afford’ elections… but spends £30k on migrants’ mental health

Published by Sam Flores

A Labour council that cancelled its local election to cut costs spent tens of thousands of pounds on an “asylum seeker mental health and trauma project”. Blackburn with Darwen borough council is one of 29 local authorities granted government permission to halt its local election this year. The cancellations have resulted in Sir Keir Starmer being accused of “running scared” of the electorate at a time when polls show a collapse in support for Labour. Defending Blackburn’s decision to ask the Government for a postponement, Phil Riley, the council’s Labour leader, previously said the council would “rather the money went on delivering services people want than on an election which would have to be repeated just a year later and on different ward boundaries”. “It costs around £200,000 to hold an election,” he added. However, the same local authority spent £30,000 on commissioning a project that focused on the mental health of asylum seekers, The Telegraph can reveal. A contract awarded in January 2024, when Mr Riley and his party were in control, granted the …