The Mail on Sunday

Man who killed my husband is STILL here 19 years on

- By ALISON FRITCHLEY WIDOWED BY A FAILED ASYLUM SEEKER

MY CHILDREN were aged just 15 and 13 when their father was killed instantly after his car was hit by another driver who was an illegal immigrant.

The failed asylum seeker,

Nana Kemajou, from Cameroon, was subsequent­ly jailed for two and a half years after being found guilty of dangerous driving while speeding with a ‘seriously underinfla­ted tyre’.

He was also charged with wilfully obstructin­g a police officer by giving false details and driving without insurance or a licence.

It was reported that Kemajou would be deported as soon as he completed his jail sentence.

But today, almost two decades later, he is still in Britain.

Next Saturday will be the 19th anniversar­y of my husband Paul’s death. That means 19 years of him missing our children grow up and have children of their own.

It is so morally wrong that, in that time, a failed asylum seeker who gave police so many false identities that they were never sure who he was, should be free to enjoy life in this country.

The reason he is doing so is because of so-called ‘human rights’ law.

Kemajou never showed a shred of remorse. I remember sitting in Gloucester Crown Court watching as he laughed while the evidence against him and the impact of Paul’s death on our family was laid out before the judge.

He had been refused asylum and was living and working here illegally on a dairy.

After killing my husband, he tried to flee the scene but was grabbed by other motorists. Nothing will ever persuade me that this man shouldn’t have been sent back to Cameroon the moment his sentence ended in 2006. I’ve even offered to pay the air fare myself.

Politician­s have talked endlessly about reforming ‘human rights’ law to stop it being used as a convenient shield that leaves the Government powerless to deport criminals and killers. But nothing has been done.

It’s absurd that criminals with no right to be in Britain cannot

I watched as my husband’s killer laughed over the impact of Paul’s death

be sent home because they have a child here, or their home country is considered to be politicall­y chaotic. Rather than concentrat­ing on the rights of killers and terrorists, what about the rights of their victims?

I welcome any change that means law-breakers can be put on a plane home quickly without the endless legal wrangling.

It is utterly grotesque that a man, illegally in Britain and who killed my husband, should be allowed the right to a family life here – something that he has so cruelly denied me and my children.

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