A lovesick Albanian illegal immigrant destroyed ten years of unblemished residence in the UK when he tried to join his French lover for a memorable St. Valentine’s Day in Paris.
Instead of a weekend in the City of Lovers in the arms of his sweetheart 28 year-old Edmond Hysenagara was locked in a cell and now faces deportation after being caught trying to board a Eurostar train with a bogus Italian ID card.
Lift technician Hysenagara, of Tavistock Way, Carshalton, Surrey, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court today (Tuesday) to possessing the false identity document at St. Pancras Station (pictured) on February 13.
Prosecutor Mr. Martin Whitehouse told the court Hysenagara, who was only arrested ten days earlier, admitted he had remained in the country illegally for the past ten years after being caught by immigration at St. Pancras.
He fled war-torn Kosovo when his father was murdered and has worked as a labourer, forklift driver, dishwasher and cook, never claiming state benefits or getting in trouble with the police.
The first-time offender admitted only trying to board the train to spend the weekend with his French girlfriend.
Sentencing Hysenagara to twelve months imprisonment Judge Deborah Taylor told him: “This is a very serious offence. It undermines the process of immigration in this country.”
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