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An Albanian gangster convicted of murder and terrorism offences is free to walk the streets of the UK as he fights deportation.
Maksim Çela, 59, was detained in the UK shortly after serving half of a 25-year sentence in Albania.
He has cost taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds to fight deportation on human rights grounds.
Çela claims that his life would be in danger from rival mafia members if he returned to his country.
He is currently on parole pending a decision on his deportation. Çela was imprisoned for planning the Kalashnikov murder of police officer Klenti Bano, who was shot outside his home in Lushnje in April 2000.
He was also involved in the plot to detonate a bomb near the Roza Haxhiu stadium in the Albanian city of Lushnje, targeting a police chief.
In 2012, Çela was convicted of membership in a criminal organization, murder, possession of weapons and ammunition, and "terrorism-related acts."
He was a senior member of the 'Lushnje Gang', a criminal syndicate that terrorised the city in the late 1990s. Çela initially tried to seek asylum in the UK, which was rejected by a first-tier immigration court.
Çela's particular claim that he would become a target for rivals if he returned to Albania was controversially accepted.
This claim was based on Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranteeing the 'right to life' and prohibiting torture.
The Home Secretary appealed against the decision, which was later found to be an "error of law".
Downing Street confirmed that the government is appealing the decision. A high court will decide whether Çela can remain in the UK during a two-day hearing starting on March 31.
Even if he loses this case, he can make further appeals to the higher courts. This process would allow him to remain in Britain until all legal avenues are exhausted.
Cela is believed to have flown to the UK from Spain using a fake passport. He is said to have planned to disappear into Britain's Albanian community, but was caught shortly after arriving.
He was initially held at the Immigration Removal Centre in Colnbrook near Heathrow before being released on bail.
Former Conservative Home Office minister Kevin Foster condemned the decision to grant Ccela bail, calling it "another example of human rights folly in our courts".
"It is outrageous that any judge could think that the 'rights' of this dangerous terrorist were more important than the right to be safe in this country from dangerous people like him," Foster said.
He further stated that judges must find a way to remove Çela from Britain. A Home Office spokesman said: "We will challenge this appeal in the High Court."
Çela's asylum application was rejected and he received no support from the government during his time in the UK. /Pamphlet adapted from GB News/
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