immigration history
3. The appellant was born on 5 October 1980 and came to the United Kingdom when he was 6 in 1986 or 1987. He first came to the attention of the authorities in October 2001 when he was 21 years old following his arrest for theft, apparently from his employer. When his case was considered by the Tribunal in 2009, there were 11 convictions for 22 offences recorded against him . By adding offences committed in 2013 , and by refer ence to the Police National Computer print-out submitted under cover of the respondent’s skeleton argument, Mr Kotas calculates the tally as now standing at 15 convictions for 50 offences . In the scheme of things , the precise number is immaterial. The offences were mainly offences of dishonesty in various forms, assault and threatening abusive or insulting conduct. 4. On 13 July 2007 at Chelmsford Crown Court the appellant was convicted on two counts of possessing Class A controlled drugs with intent to supply following a not guilty plea to which he was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment , (‘the 2007 convictions’) . He was released in 2009 after serving 2 years of his sentence. His subsequent appeal against a deportation order was allowed by the Tribunal in 2009 on proportionality grounds applying a broad Article 8 brush. 5. In 2013, he was convicted of 7 counts of making off without payment, 9 counts of driving whilst disqualified, and 8 counts of using a motor vehicle without insurance , (‘the 2013 convictions’) . This was part of a criminal spree that took place from 2 November 2012 to 8 April 2013, presumably about a year after the end of his period on licence. The disqualification had been imposed for other offences only a month before.