"Ernesto Leal was arrested on May 1st, taken from his home and sent to Belmarsh high security Prison where he was kept on a 23 hour lockdown, to await a deportation hearing. After 7 days he was moved to to Forest Bank HMP in Manchester where he was incarcerated for nearly a month.
He was imprisoned as part of The Home Office round up of foreign criminals, a week before the elections in England, as what has been described as 'politically motivated' and 'a knee jerk reaction to electoral pressures'. He was served with deportation papers, which strangely enough, had Jamaica as the country of deporation, a country that Ernesto and his family have no connection with, Mr Tony McNulty later admitted that this was a 'mistake'.
Two years ago, Ernesto was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment for gbh with intent after a pub fight, which was racially motivated. READ MORE.
Check out the website Friends of Ernesto, and find out how you can help the campaign.
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