GETTY A Somali refugee who sexually assaulted a child awarded £105,000 damages for unlawful detention

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The man, aged 41 and only identified as AXD, is currently serving a 21-month sentence for the attack. AXD, who arrived in the UK in 1997 and has also served a 16-month sentence for unlawful wounding, brought his detention claim against the Home Office.

At London's High Court in May, Mr Justice Jay ruled that AXD, who is probably schizophrenic, was unlawfully detained for 20 months and five days from April 1, 2013 to December 5, 2014. He was detained by immigration officials after completing a custodial sentence and was released on December 5, 2014 before being granted refugee status in 2015.

GETTY The man who has not been named is currently serving a 21-month sentence for the attack

While detained AXD argued that if he was deported he would face persecution on account of his sexual orientation and his conversion from Islam to Christianity. The judge said that AXD had been detained far too long in circumstances where he was not obviously “playing the system” and his deportation to Somalia could best be described as speculative.

GETTY The compensation was set at £80,000 plus £25,000 to reflect the aggravating features of the case