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disagreed with the Home Office's argument that this threshold was reached in
Chindamo's case. The tribunal found that even if the EU law argument had failed, he would have a right to stay under human rights law. In the exceptional circumstances of his having lived in England since age 6, an Article 8 right to "family life" was found in relation to his mother and siblings.
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The case increased the level of concern expressed about levels of violence involving school-age youths, and the safety of pupils and staff while in school, which were beginning to become public issues in the United
Kingdom in the early 1990s. This followed the fatal stabbing of 12 year-old Nikki
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to his home country of Italy on completion of his prison sentence. He had resided in the UK for 19 years, long enough to make him a permanent resident under EU law after discounting 10 years spent in jail. As such, only 'serious grounds of...public security' could justify his expulsion. The tribunal
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some people will not be able to accept that I have changed or that I should be allowed my freedom. I also know that I will spend the rest of my life atoning for my crime, and mean to do so by living quietly and decently." He was freed shortly afterwards, after serving 14 years of his life sentence.
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October 1996, after a unanimous decision by the jury, and jailed indefinitely (as he was a juvenile at the time). The trial judge recommended that a minimum of 12 years should be served. Although he did not deny that he was present, Chindamo claimed that he was the victim of mistaken
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which comes with his original life sentence. On 24 August 2011, Chindamo and his two co-defendants were acquitted of robbery. He remained in custody under the terms of his life licence as he was adjudged to present a risk. On 2 May 2014, the Parole Board announced its approval of
Chindamo's
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and detained by police for questioning in connection with a mugging. He is alleged to have threatened to kill a man before robbing him of a wallet and mobile phone in Camden. As a result of his arrest and remand in custody
Chindamo was recalled to custody under the terms of the
129:. On 8 December 1995, twelve of the gang's members, led by 15 year-old Learco Chindamo, went to St. George's school intending to "punish" 13 year-old black pupil, William Njoh, who had earlier quarrelled with a Filipino pupil. Chindamo was a pupil at
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137:. Philip Lawrence saw them attack the boy with an iron bar and went outside to remonstrate the gang. Chindamo punched Lawrence and then stabbed him in the chest. Lawrence, aged 48, died in hospital that evening from his injuries.
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