PopCon Director Mark Littlewood has blasted the case of convicted terrorist Irfan Khalid as the "apex of lunacy" after it emerged he cannot be deported to Pakistan despite renouncing his British citizenship.
Khalid was jailed in 2013 for plotting to set off eight bombs in Birmingham.
Documents from a recent parole hearing, obtained by GB News, reveal that Khalid has renounced his British citizenship and is now solely a Pakistani national.
Despite the Home Office wanting to deport him and Khalid himself wanting to return to Pakistan, he remains in Britain.
The parole documents state that Khalid "is subject to a deportation order but it's not enforceable due to human rights concerns."
GettyThe convicted terrorist has even signed a disclaimer letter confirming his desire to voluntarily return to Pakistan.
Khalid's plot was considered extremely serious, with one of his accomplices, Ashik Ali, planning to wear a suicide vest and shoot people.
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The parole hearing documents revealed Khalid was denied release as he is "still considered a dangerous, radical, murderous Islamist."
He was originally sentenced to a minimum of 18 years imprisonment.
The parole documents state that Khalid "is subject to a deportation order but it's not enforceable due to human rights concerns."
Speaking to GB News, Littlewood said: "It's pretty much the apex of lunacy, I would say until you uncover a new one next week, Patrick."
"I mean, it is extraordinary. I can think of one ground on which you wouldn’t want to deport him, and it would have nothing to do with human rights.
"Imagine we’d captured Osama Bin Laden, rather than the Americans killing him on the spot. You might not want to send him back to Afghanistan not because of his safety, but because of the mischief he could cause us and our nation.
"So if he were being retained here for the security and safety of the British population, to stop him going back to a region where he could cause more trouble for us fair enough.
"But his human rights here? They cannot be brought into play whatsoever. And this just shows the legal mess we’ve got ourselves into the fact that that’s even being considered.
Mark Littlewood fumed at the "apex of lunacy"
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"There’s no suggestion, from what we’ve heard from the Parole Board, that his life or limbs are in danger if he’s sent back. As you’ve said, he wants to be sent back. So precisely which human rights do we think we’re protecting?"
When GB News sought clarification on the specific human rights concerns, the Parole Board couldn't provide details.
It is suspected the concerns relate to the risk Khalid might pose to others in Pakistan, and that their human rights might be affected.
