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Mayor convicted of raping woman will be deported after losing appeal

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Mayor convicted of raping woman will be deported after losing appeal.

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A mayor who repeatedly raped a woman is set to be deported after he lost an appeal.Aigard Balesvics, the former Mayor of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, was jailed for six and a half years in 2023 for raping a woman twice in her home.

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He could be released conditionally in December next year, and his appeal against deportation has now been dismissed by an Upper Tribunal judge.His victim cried and repeatedly said "no", but the 46-year-old ignored her cries and proceeded to rape her again when she tried to leave, the court was told.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say A judgment said that Balsevics was given a deportation decision in 2023, before he made written representations "amounting to a human rights claim".The representations claimed there were "very compelling circumstances outweighing the need for his deportation on the basis of his family and private life".The claim was refused by the Home Office and it was ordered that he should be deported, but a judge found this "unduly...

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