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

Daily Mail ^ | 3/2/24 | Mark Hookham and Sam Merriman

[Eleutheria5]

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.

Last year, The Mail on Sunday exposed how Mary Harper, Africa Editor for the World Service, was paid to give expert witness evidence for Somali gang rapist Yaqub Ahmed during his five-year legal battle to stay in the UK.

Now an investigation by this newspaper can reveal Ms Harper has given expert witness evidence in a string of other controversial deportation appeals by Somali offenders – including for another three sex attackers, three drug dealers and a career criminal who spent a decade in British jails.

Following a series of questions from the MoS, the BBC last night announced that Ms Harper was leaving the Corporation, but refused to say whether she had been sacked or had quit.

In one of the most shocking cases, Ms Harper warned that a Somali man who committed a horrific sexual assault on a profoundly deaf 17-year-old girl would be at 'severely heightened risk' if he was sent back to Somalia because he had committed a sex crime.

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[Eleutheria5]

Chutzpa.

[brownsfan]

The world has gone mad.

[dfwgator]

The Western World certainly has.

[Eleutheria5]

Eastern world always was mad. Middle East is where the twain meet, and it’s got mega-kookoo vibes all over everything. It’s why it has been the center of the world for thousands of years. It’s why it’s holy.