Overview
- Newcastle Crown Court on January 13 jailed Romeo Zani for breaching an indefinite deportation order, with Recorder Nicholas Worsley saying he will be removed from the UK for a fifth time.
- He was discovered on December 12 in a sealed trailer of mechanical parts destined for Nissan’s Sunderland factory after entering via Belgium.
- Prosecutors said he paid about £5,000 to smugglers and told authorities he feared for his life in Albania.
- Zani was previously found on a yacht near Falmouth in April 2025, convicted of a breach and later removed for a fourth time after a 12-month sentence.
- His record includes a 2018 Bristol Crown Court conviction for identity fraud, drug conspiracy and money laundering, and his 2024 asylum claim was refused before a third removal.