A frustrated judge has admitted he was unable to order the deportation of a brutal rapist because the foreign criminal had been granted leave in Britain indefinitely.

Now, I have leave to remain in Britain indefinitely. I am allowed to live and work there. But I am not a citizen, and as such I believed that I was not afforded the same rights as a citizen. But perhaps I was wrong. Perhaps I could have gone on a mosque-burning spree, but they wouldn't deport me since I had leave to remain. Heh. Does anyone else ever get that "If I knew then what I know now..." feeling?

But it gets worse. In a spectacular display of one department not having a clue what the other department is doing, this guy was granted his leave to remain while in prison on armed robbery charges! He had already broken the law of his host country while having only temporary leave, but was still granted indefinite leave.

Dirie from West Kensington, west London, has accumulated a string of convictions since his arrival in Britain in 1984 at the age of 18, the court was told.

After he was led to cells, Dirie's victim said she was shocked to hear of his history. "He is here with the blessing of the authorities. Today it would not be surprising but this was over 20 years ago."

If anyone needs me, I'll be in Britain, righting a few wrongs...