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Albanian wins right to stay in Britain despite murder charges

Politiko 2024-10-11 19:18:54

Albanian wins right to stay in Britain despite murder charges

Fatmir Bleta, a 64-year-old wanted in Albania for murder, has won the right to stay in Great Britain, using the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. After an escape from Albania, where he was sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison for the shooting death of a man, Bleta managed to resist extradition efforts, arguing that his return to Albania would violate his rights to a fair trial, guaranteed by Article 6 of the ECHR.

Bleta went to Britain in 1998, initially posing as a Kosovar. He was imprisoned in 2018 for more than 33 months. He then fought to stop his deportation to Albania, claiming he had not been notified of the trial and would not have the opportunity for a fair retrial. He also argued that deportation would violate his family rights under Article 8 of the ECHR, as he has four children and his deportation would have serious consequences for the family.

In documents obtained by "The Telegraph", it is shown that two of Bleta's children have been convicted and imprisoned in Britain for drug trafficking, including his son, Dorian, who is serving an 18-year sentence for cocaine trafficking.

British courts have accepted Bleta's claims, arguing that there was insufficient evidence that he had been informed of the trial date and that his return to Albania would constitute a flagrant violation of his rights to a fair trial.

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