Twana Jamal Khdir Pleads Guilty to UK Entry Offence, Faces 5 October Crown Court Hearing
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 19
Twana Jamal Khdir Pleads Guilty to UK Entry Offence, Faces 5 October Crown Court Hearing
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 19
Summary
Leicester Magistrates' Court heard Twana Jamal Khdir plead guilty on Wednesday to entering the UK without valid entry clearance, while denying a second charge of seeking leave to enter or remain by deception.
Tuesday's arrest near Uppingham followed a BBC report last month that the convicted Iraqi people smuggler was living in Leicestershire; the operation was led by the Midlands Criminal Financial Investigations team with Leicestershire Police support.
Khdir was remanded in custody and is due at Leicester Crown Court on 5 October as the immigration case moves forward.
France jailed Khdir for five years in 2016, with prosecutors saying the man once dubbed the 'godfather' of the French migrant camps made up to £100,000 a week smuggling migrants across the Channel.