A recent court case in Leeds has put the spotlight on Britain’s asylum system, which has become ever more chaotic and costly. The case involved 46-year-old Tawanda Mhlanga, a failed asylum seeker from Zimbabwe who had been living and working illegally in the UK for over two decades. Mhlanga had been lurking in Cross Flatts Park, Leeds, when he spotted his young victim crossing the park.
Prosecutor David McGonigal said the girl, who was 12-years-old and in her school uniform, had been making her way through the Beeston park on the afternoon of June 6, 2022. Mhlanga was walking the opposite way but changed direction when he saw her. The girl later said he was smiling at her before approaching and speaking, asking her name and where her family were from.
Calling her “beautiful,” he then put his arms around her, through the straps of her school bag, and squeezed her buttocks, lifting her up so she was on her tiptoes. He did this twice, before asking her for a pen and paper and writing his mobile number down.
He said she could ring him anytime and asked to meet a few days later, telling her he would buy her presents. When he released her, the frightened schoolgirl ran home and told her sister, who rang the number she had been given. Mhlanga answered but lied, saying he was only 18. He then apologised for his behaviour.
Mhlanga, of Longroyd View, Beeston, was traced through his DNA on the pen he had used to write down his number. He was only traced on July 23 of this year in connection with an unrelated incident. At that time, he was discovered to be in possession of a Stanley knife, which he claimed to have used at work. Mitigating, Emily Hassell said Mhlanga’s remorse was “very clear” but found it difficult to talk about his offence.
Mhlanga was jailed for two years. Judge Penelope Belcher also gave him a 10-year restraining order, a 10-year sexual harm prevention order (SHPO), and put him on the sex offender register for 10 years. No deportation order was issued.
Mhlanga had come to the UK in 2002 and claimed asylum, which was rejected. He then stayed in the country illegally and was even jailed in 2006 for wounding. Just how he managed to avoid deportation after his application was rejected, and more shockingly, in the run up to his release from prison, speaks volumes on how seriously the Home Office treats the whole asylum process. In fact, Mhlanga was taken to a deportation centre and says he was detained there for five years before being inexplicably released.
Before his latest arrest, he had been working illegally in a scrap yard. The question must be asked: how did he manage to secure employment without having a National Insurance number and tax code? Did the scrap yard not check (as is their responsibility under the law) on his status? Was he paid in cash to avoid the taxman? If the authorities really cared, they would also be prosecuting the owners of the scrap yard for knowingly employing an illegal worker.
If the Home Office had deported this violent repeat offender, his latest victim, an innocent 12-year-old schoolgirl, would have been spared the trauma of sexual assault and the possible flashbacks that can last a lifetime. This case is just the latest in a long line of Home Office blunders to come to light. It is high time to have a root-and-branch clearout of all the progressives and Marxists who are using their positions to wage a war against our people and traditions.
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