Case No. UKUT-00628-(IAC)

12. The appellant appealed against that decision. In his grounds of appeal he stated, in regard to his criminal convictions that he was in possession of drugs because he was addicted to them and not because he had any intention of supplying them. He claimed to be reformed and to be no longer taking drugs. 13. The appellant asserted that he was in a genuine and subsisting relationship with his wife, a British citizen. He stated that he shared the responsibility for the upbringing of their two children. He also shared the responsibility of his eldest child with that child’s mother. He stated that he had a close bond with his children and that his removal would be disproportionate as it would break up the family unit and separate him from his children. He claimed also to have established a private life in the United Kingdom, having resided here for 13 years.