A migrant who killed his family “in cold blood” was allowed to stay in the UK as he felt “anxious” about the prospect of being deported.
Dzhuneyt Shefket, 31, served five years in jail from 2012 after he murdered his mother and younger brother in Bulgaria.
Shefket, 18 at the time, killed “entirely defenceless” mum Nevdzhin, 36, and brother Yeniz, six, using ‘“extreme violence”, a tribunal was told.
After carrying out his sentence, he came to the UK in 2017 under EU free movement rules which allows citizens of the block to move and travel freely within it.
Dzhuneyt Shefket, 31, served five years in jail from 2012 after he murdered his mother and younger brother in Bulgaria
However, he failed to disclose his convictions upon arrival.
The tribunal was told he remained quiet on the murders in order to increase his chance of staying in Britain.
He later applied to stay permanently in 2019, however the Home Office denied his bid and began deportation proceedings.
The 31-year-old successfully argued that he felt “anxious” at the prospect of going back to Bulgaria, where he is a convicted criminal.
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The tribunal heard: “The murders were of a particularly grave nature.
“They were carried out in cold blood.
“Extreme violence must have been used.
“There is no suggestion at all that the victims were anything other than entirely defenceless.”
He argued to the Home Office that he felt ‘anxious’ about being deported
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An appeal was successfully launched which quashed an immigration judge’s ruling last year that stated he was not a serious threat and could remain.
Now, deportation proceedings are back under way and Shefket is set to leave the UK.
