Daily Mail
Britain -- A failed asylum seeker jailed for child rape is to receive around £50,000 in damages after a judge ruled he had been unlawfully kept behind bars while the Home Office tried to deport him to Somalia.
He won the payout despite being offered the opportunity to go voluntarily - but he preferred to stay in a British prison with free bed and board.
The pay-out is all the more astonishing because the authorities effectively have little choice but to keep him in prison.
He cannot be let out on to the streets in Britain because he is considered a danger to the public - especially women.
Posted by Richard at December 10, 2006