Aldo Bare's soldier "fights" with British justice, seeks asylum as he fears deportation to Albania

Maksim Çela, one of the most loyal people of the former head of Lushnja Aldo Bare, is fighting with English justice to gain asylum.

As The Sun reports, Çela, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison in Albania, has managed to enter the UK and is currently fighting to avoid deportation to Albania. Çela has cost British taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds to fight deportation because he fears possible retaliation.

His lawyers, at the time Çela applied for asylum, asked the immigration court to grant anonymity to their client so that his whereabouts would not be revealed.

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A police killer is now free to roam the streets of Britain in yet another human rights scandal. We can reveal how Albanian mafia kingpin Maksim Çela, 59, has cost British taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds to fight deportation. Using the European Convention on Human Rights, he claims he would be at risk from rival mobsters if he were sent home. 

The cell can only now be identified after a 23-month legal battle by The Sun to challenge repeated anonymity orders from the courts. The gangster is currently on bail. A judge initially banned The Sun from identifying the gangster - who arrived here on a false passport - to protect his human rights.

But he can now be named after our lawyers fought for 23 months to have the restrictions lifted. We can now also reveal that he has been released on bail pending a deportation decision and was free to roam the streets of Britain last night. Çela was detained in the UK just days after serving half of a 25-year life sentence for murder and terrorism in Albania.

He is believed to have flown here from Spain using a fake passport - before launching a two-pronged attempt to stay on European asylum and human rights grounds. His asylum claim was rejected by a judge at the first-tier immigration tribunal. But one particular claim - that his life was in danger from rival gangs if he returned to Albania - was controversially upheld. It is another example of the human rights folly in our courts and The Sun should be applauded, not condemned, for highlighting it.

Ai bazohej në nenin e dytë të Konventës Evropiane për të Drejtat e Njeriut, i cili garanton "të drejtën për jetë" dhe nenin e tretë - që ndalon "torturën ose trajtimin ose dënimin çnjerëzor ose poshtërues". Sekretari i Brendshëm apeloi kundër vendimit, i cili më pas u zbulua se ishte një "gabim ligjor". Gjykata e nivelit të lartë tani duhet të marrë një vendim nëse Çela mund të qëndrojë, me një seancë dëgjimore dy-ditore nga 31 marsi.

Edhe nëse Çela humbet, ai mund të bëjë ankimime të mëtejshme në gjykatat më të larta, të cilat do ta mbajnë këtu derisa të shterohet procesi i kushtueshëm. Ekspertët ligjorë thanë se rastet si ai i Çela ishin "maja e ajsbergut të krizës së emigrantëve", ​​me mashtrime që u kushtojnë taksapaguesve në Mbretërinë e Bashkuar miliona.

Çela u burgos për organizimin e vrasjes AK47 të një polici dhe komplot për të shpërthyer një bombë në një stadium futbolli. Burri me kokë të rruar planifikoi të bashkohej me komunitetin shqiptar të Britanisë menjëherë pas lirimit të tij, por u kap në hyrje. Pavarësisht se kërkesa e tij për azil bazohej vetëm në frikën e tij nga "bandat rivale", gjykatësi Nicholas Aldridge dha një urdhër anonimiteti në prill 2023 në Qendrën Tribunale Hatton Cross në Londrën Perëndimore.

Ai gjithashtu refuzoi të dëgjonte kundërshtime nga avokatët e Sun, të cilët më vonë argumentuan se emërtimi i tij ishte jashtëzakonisht në interesin publik. Pas gati dy vitesh, The Sun ka fituar më në fund betejën për heqjen e ndalimit, i cili u cilësua "proceduralisht i padrejtë dhe i pajustifikuar". Kryezoti i krimit fillimisht u mbajt në Qendrën e Largimit të Emigracionit në Colnbrook pranë Heathroë. Por Çela, i cili fitoi të drejtën për të qëndruar në Mbretërinë e Bashkuar në një seancë të mëparshme, tani është i lirë pasi iu dha lirimi me kusht.

Saga u prit me mosbesim mbrëmë. Ish-ministri konservator i Zyrës së Brendshme Kevin Foster tha: Është skandaloze që çdo gjykatës mund të mendojë se "të drejtat" e këtij terroristi të rrezikshëm ishin më të rëndësishme se e drejta për të qenë të sigurt në këtë vend nga njerëz të rrezikshëm si ai. Është një shembull tjetër i çmendurisë së të drejtave të njeriut në gjykatat tona dhe The Sun duhet të duartrokitet, jo të dënohet, për ta theksuar atë. Në vend që të përbuzin zotin Çela, gjyqtarët duhet të hapin rrugën për ta larguar atë nga MB.

Krimet e tmerrshme të Çelës datojnë prej dekadash. Ai u ngjit në radhët e turmës mafioze “Banda e Lushnjës”, e cila terrorizoi qytetin shqiptar të Lushnjës në fund të viteve ’90. Ai drejtohej nga ish-polici Aldo Bare, i cili vrau armikun e tij kryesor Artur Daja dhe më pas ia preu kokën për t'u treguar vendasve se ai kontrollonte qytetin.

He is now serving a life sentence in Albania. A month earlier, Çela was also involved in a terrorist plot where a bomb was left near the Roza Haxhiu stadium in Lushnja. It was placed where police chief Sinan Meta usually parked his car and was fortunately deactivated. Meta said after the gruesome discovery: We were looking to arrest four very dangerous people. They were Alfred Shkurti, Erjon Cici, Enver Dondollaku and Maksim Çela.

Albert Nushi, the former chief of criminal police in Lushnja, said in court: These four were organizers of the murders and planting bombs in the homes of police officers.

Çela was found guilty in 2012 of membership of a criminal organisation, murder, possession of weapons and ammunition and “terrorism-related acts”. He then arrived in the UK five days after his release from prison. Foreign nationals who commit horrific crimes should be in no doubt that we will do everything we can to ensure they are not allowed to walk free on Britain’s streets. The Sun’s sources in Albania revealed in March 2023 that he was seeking asylum here, but we were prevented from reporting the full facts.

Barrister Jude Bunting KC was initially barred from speaking at the Hatton Cross hearing by Judge Aldridge. The anonymity order was eventually overturned in November 2024 after Mr Bunting successfully argued for "open justice" and the judge's decision was found to be wrong. Çela, assisted by his lawyer daughter Gloris, was refused leave to appeal. Judge Justice Lang said: "If his appeal is unsuccessful and he is returned to Albania, his identification in these proceedings would not pose a materially increased risk to life. He has been the subject of media publicity on numerous occasions and his identity, as a gang member convicted of murder and terrorist offences, is well known."

A Home Office spokeswoman said last night: We will challenge this appeal in the High Court. Foreign nationals who commit horrific crimes should be in no doubt that we will do everything we can to ensure they are not free on Britain's streets, including removing them from the UK as soon as possible. Since the election we have removed 2,925 foreign criminals, a 21 per cent increase on the same period 12 months ago.