In January last year, an Afghan man attacked his ex-partner and her children with a corrosive liquid in south London. He had followed her from Newcastle, where he lived after arriving in the UK illegally in a lorry in 2016. He was himself injured in the attack and his body was found in the Thames three weeks later.
It quickly emerged that Abdul Ezedi was a sex offender who had avoided deportation from the UK despite having two convictions. One was for indecent exposure and the other sexual assault, both dating back to 2018, yet they did not prevent him successfully claiming asylum at his third attempt.
