Mary Harper, a former BBC Africa Editor, was fired after being revealed as an expert witness who helped at least 15 Somali criminals, including Yaqub Ahmed and others with a history of 39 convictions for 80 crimes such as gang raping a deaf girl, fight deportation from the UK. The controversy, brought to public attention by a Mail exposé, has ignited a debate on the rights of victims and public safety versus the rights of foreign criminals. Discussions have ensued on the necessity to toughen rules on bogus asylum seekers and the potential for automatic deportation for foreign offenders.
A BBC editor was hired as an expert witness to help at least 15 Somalian criminals fight deportation – including a vile offender who sexually attacked a deaf teenage girl. BBC journos are being paid to help keep rapists, sex attackers and drug dealers in Britain! #DefundTheBBC
The question is not whether or not Mary Harper was a good or respected journalist. It is whether it is right, impartial, and in the public interest for BBC journalists to prevent foreign criminals being deported. https://t.co/8y0RjHIwqT
.@mary_harper, an Africa news editor for the @BBC, helped convicted Somali criminals, particularly sex criminals, fight being deported from the UK to Somalia. https://t.co/r00gwsqRtu
https://t.co/7qVnJgZVlU leftist legal activists like the BBC’s Mary harper tirelessly worked to prevent the deportation of men with 39 convictions of 80 crimes and who had gang raped a 17 year old deaf girl. People like this are an extreme threat to British society.
Great to join @CamillaTominey this morning on @GBNEWS to discuss how to toughen up our rules on bogus asylum seekers. Foreign offenders must lose their right to claim asylum and must face automatic deportation. https://t.co/YX2DGiD9Sk
A BBC editor was hired as an expert witness to help at least 15 Somalian criminals fight deportation – including a vile offender who sexually attacked a deaf teenage girl https://t.co/gR9s5NcuIP
Former BBC Africa Editor @mary_harper helped 15 Somalis escape deportation, by appearing as an "expert witness. She defended r&pists, including Yaqub Ahmed, drug dealers & a career criminal who had committed 80 offences in 17 years. She has been fired. https://t.co/N42OFjvySw https://t.co/0uW8o3OKsm
Grateful to the MoS for forcing out Mary Harper, Africa Editor at BBC World Service, after revealing she was paid as an expert witness to help at least 15 Somalian criminals fight deportation, including one man who sexually attacked a deaf teenage girl. Unusually for a broadcast…
🇬🇧 BBC Editor Is Paid To Help 15 Somalian Criminals To Stay In UK ▫BBC editor who is paid to help 15 Somalian criminals stay in the UK quits the Beeb after shocking Mail exposé ▫@MarkHookham & Sam Merriman ▫https://t.co/H4rIC7Uz46 🇬🇧 #frontpagestoday #UK @DailyMailUK https://t.co/83zz9kQm1m
Today’s MoS splash: BBC editor paid to help 15 Somalian criminals stay in the UK quits https://t.co/di8wNmyoNW
🗞️ The Mail on Sunday: 'BBC Editor is paid to help 15 Somalian criminals stay in the UK' @TheSimonEvans @LewisSchaffer @Francisjfoster https://t.co/uOLLtDzL0U
Amid disbelief that 'chemical attacker' was allowed to stay in Britain... BBC editor who is paid to help 15 Somalian criminals stay in the UK quits the Beeb after shocking Mail exposé https://t.co/mrcyF4XDSS https://t.co/c2ZKKvlxnH
MAIL ON SUNDAY: BBC editor is paid to help 15 Somalian criminals to stay in UK #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/EdK4zfJWz3
I spoke to Sky News about my debate on deportation of foreign criminals. Key points: People who have abused our hospitality and committed crimes need to be deported. We must always put the rights of victims and their families and the safety of British citzens first