IMMIGRANT ATTACKED FRIEND WITH KNIFE TO GET DEPORTED BACK TO

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Immigrant attacked friend with knife to get deported back to Africa because he hated Britain
By Daily Mail Reporter
09th January 2010


An immigrant carried out a knifepoint attack to be deported back to a war-torn African country - because he found Britain worse than his homeland.

Kasiba Misigaro, 21, who was living off state handouts, had asked the immigration services to send him home but they did nothing - despite him having been convicted of 21 offences over the past five years.

So he pulled a knife on an African friend hoping to be deported, believing he will have a better life back in Burundi, one of the ten poorest countries in the world.

Misigaro targeted Isce Akanbi, 40, last month in West Ham tube station in east London.

He threatened Mr Akanbi with a knife before taking two mobile phones and a wallet.

Mr Akanbi and two friends pursued Misigaro and eventually he dropped the stolen items, along with his weapon. Police arrested him at the scene.

He told officers: 'I only did it because I wanted to go home. I don't want to be here.' He insisted he did not intend to stab the victim, only frighten him.




James Lofthouse, prosecuting, told Inner London Crown Court: 'He was on benefits, hates being in the UK, has no interest in working or integrating, has no money, and would commit further offences if he remained here.

'He said he had already approached the immigration services about going to Burundi but they didn't seem particularly interested in assisting.'

Judge Simon Gerald remarked: 'If we put him on a plane I imagine he'd like that too.'

Charles Langley, defending, said: 'This is a rather unusual case, where the defendant wants to be sent back home. I would seek that your honour makes a recommendation for deportation.'

The court heard Misigaro has amassed convictions for 21 offences in the last five years and was completing an unpaid work order for his last crime, an attempted robbery, when he committed this offence.

Judge Gerald said it was a 'very serious offence', aggravated by the fact Misigaro was on a community order at the time.

Misigaro, of Plaistow, east London, admitted robbery and was jailed for three years.
He will be automatically deported at the end of his sentence.


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