A Jamaican man who avoided deportation on human rights grounds has now been ordered out of the UK after committing more crimes just days after winning his asylum appeal.
Jevaughn Williams, 28, came to Britain in 2001 with his mother and was granted indefinite leave to remain in 2008.
But from 2012 onwards, he began a life of crime, starting with possession of a sawn-off shotgun and later a knife offence that led to three years’ detention.
Over the years, he was convicted of burglary, drug possession, and voyeurism.
The Home Office first moved to deport him in 2014, but a series of appeals kept him in the UK. In 2023, a tribunal judge blocked his removal, ruling it would breach the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The judge described Williams as socially and culturally integrated and said he regretted his past.
However, he also warned that reoffending could change the outcome.
Just three days after that ruling, Williams was caught supplying cannabis. He was later jailed for six months in 2024 and also convicted of failing to comply with sex offender rules.
The Home Office appealed again, and the case was reviewed by Upper Tribunal Judge Mark Blundell. The judge concluded Williams had “no regard whatsoever for the law and showed a lack of motivation to change his lifestyle.” He noted
Williams was surprisingly blasé about his sexual offenses and posed an ongoing risk to reoffend.
Williams told the tribunal he turned to drug dealing because he was unable to work or claim benefits, but this was rejected.
Judge Blundell ruled it was in the UK’s best interest to deport him to Jamaica, saying he was more likely to commit further offences if allowed to remain.
