Overview

• Kapikanya’s legal battle began in 1992 when he was first warned of deportation following an attempted fraud conviction.
• In 2014, he received a six-year sentence at Manchester Crown Court for orchestrating a £3.5 million identity-theft mortgage scam against elderly homeowners.
• Deportation orders issued in 2000, 2010 and 2016 were repeatedly stayed by appeals to the First-tier and Upper Tribunals on grounds of family ties, health and long UK residency.
• He amassed eleven convictions in the UK for offences including fraud, theft, dishonesty and conspiracy to defraud.
• Homeowners across Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Lincolnshire endured lengthy court proceedings to reclaim properties seized in the scam.