by A.P.
Scores believed to have been hauled off at the last minute after legal challenges
Priti Patel has lashed out at ‘lefty lawyers’ after a flight deporting serious criminals from the UK to Jamaica finally took off last night with just 13 out of 57 on board – leaving murderers and rapists behind.
Scores were hauled off the plane at the last minute after legal challenges by what the Home Office said were human rights solicitors ‘on the phones to judges in their pyjamas’.
Campaigners had been trying to halt the scheduled deportation flight to the West Indies amid ongoing concerns over the Windrush scandal.
But the Government insisted the flight was to remove ‘dangerous foreign criminals’ from the country, including those convicted of rape and murder. None of the offenders were eligible for the Windrush compensation scheme, according to ministers.
