Man expelled from Sweden after 27 years

www.thelocal.se ^ | 03/02/2009 | Paul O'Mahony

[WesternCulture]

Sweden's Court of Appeal has issued a lifetime deportation order to a man who has lived in Sweden for 27 years.

The man, who came to Sweden from Croatia in 1981 and received a permanent residency permit in 1985, has 18 criminal convictions on his record.

His latest arrest came in 2007, when a divided Court of Appeal sentenced him to several years in jail followed by permanent expulsion from the country.

With four children and one grandchild in Sweden, all of whom are Swedish citizens, the man called on the Supreme Court to rip up the deportation order and allow him leave to appeal.

The Supreme Court turned for instruction to the Prosecutor-General, who ruled that the man was a ruthless extortionist who had extracted money from his victims on pain of death.

Prosecutor-General Guntra Åhlund ruled that, while children's best interests always have to be taken into account, in this case the safety of society in general "must weigh more heavily".

[WesternCulture]

“18 criminal convictions on his record”

- I demand of Amnesty, Hillary and the UN to condemn this inhumane “18 strikes and you’re out”-rule in harsh words, so that the world never, ever, again will experience such violation of human dignity.

[a fool in paradise]

But but but this separates a family! The children are being denied their father...!!! < /illegal immigrant in America argument >

[a fool in paradise]

The Supreme Court turned for instruction to the Prosecutor-General, who ruled that the man was a ruthless extortionist who had extracted money from his victims on pain of death.

If it was extracted "on pain of death" how many of his victims died?

[river rat]

In a SANE society — at least one of those victimized would have “terminated the extortion attempt” with severe prejudice....

Or is that considered too uncivilized these days?

[monday]

“His latest arrest came in 2007, when a divided Court of Appeal sentenced him to several years in jail followed by permanent expulsion from the country.”

Should have deported him six feet underground.

[chainsaw]

With four children and one grandchild in Sweden, all of whom are Swedish citizens, the man called on the Supreme Court to rip up the deportation order and...

Fine. Rip up the deportation order and institute 30 years without probation. No appeals!

[definitelynotaliberal]

When you Swedes decide to get up and get classy, you really do it big time. Kudos to you again in having made a right turn in your last election.