Tolga Binbuga was not deported because his gang ties were said to show he was culturally integrated

A Turkish national convicted of a string of offences was allowed to stay in the UK after a judge ruled his gang membership showed he was 'socially and culturally integrated'.

Tolga Binbuga was convicted of a string of offences including robbery, burglary, assault and a criminal damage.

He was also jailed for a year after pleading guilty to burglary in 2013 after he stole a Mercedes car key along with £3,000 worth of electrical goods from a house in Enfield, north London.

The 29-year-old came to Britain when he was nine and never applied for UK citizenship.

Binbuga was also convicted of cautioned for drug possession and shoplifting.

He joined the north London-based Get Money Gang which the Met Police say are the second most dangerous groups in the country.

When the Home Office tried to deport Binbuga his lawyers appealed saying he was a 'home grown criminal', according to the Sun.

In 2016 Judge Evan Ruth ruled Binbuga's gang affiliation proved he had 'socially and culturally integrated' into British culture and he was allowed to stay in the UK, the newspaper reports.

Get Money Gang poster. The Met Police have said the group are the second most dangerous in Britain

Judge Ruth said: 'It is a sad and unpleasant fact of life that, in various parts of London, gang culture is an accepted and widespread part of life for many young people.

'In my view, although it is a sad and unpleasant conclusion, the likely association of Binbuga with this north London gang is a good example of his integration into one of the less savoury aspects of UK life.'

Judge Evan Ruth made the ruling in 2016

That decision was overturned by the Home Office under appeal in 2017 with judges finding Judge Ruth had 'erred in law' by stating that gang membership showed a level of socially integration.

Judges ruled there was no compelling reason to prevent Binbuga's deportation.

The ruling stated: 'Membership of a pro-criminal gang shows a lack of such acceptance [of cultural integration]. It demonstrates disdain for the rule of law.'

Binbuga then appealed again, running up at least £50,000 in legal fees, before being rejected last week, the Sun reports.

It is not known if Binbuga has been deported yet.

In 2013 Mohammed Hussein, 19, a well-known member of the teenage Get Money Gang was blasted with a shotgun by rivals in a bitter gang feud on Enfield.

Jamal Mahmoud, a high-ranking member of GMG was stabbed to death in HMP Pentonville in 2017.