A prolific criminal who was having a “seriously negative impact” on the South Holland community has been deported to Poland.
Since 2010 Spalding police have arrested 26-year-old Lucasz Jalocha dozens of times in relation to theft, burglary and drugs offences.
He even damaged a cell door while in custody for another crime.
Jalocha was last imprisoned for a burglary at a Spalding shoe shop in September.
The deportation order means he will need authority from the Secretary of State before he’s allowed back into the UK.
Deportation orders of this nature are usually reserved for offenders who have served sentences of two years or more.
Jalocha’s maximum term had been just 15 weeks, however, thanks to local police working alongside Home Office Immigration Enforcement, detailed evidence of his prolific offending was gathered.
This allowed Immigration Enforcement to build a solid case for deportation on “public policy” grounds due to the escalating number of offences with which he was charged.
A subsequent appeal by Jalocha failed and he was successfully deported from the country on June 9.
Community Inspector Jim Tyner said: “People from within the European economic area, who have been in the country for longer than three months, have to be working, studying or self-sufficient in order to have a right to stay, as required by EU law, and those who don’t have any genuine prospect of doing so are expected to return home.
“Those who choose not to do this voluntarily, or who have adopted offending behaviour, as was the case with Jalocha, can be forced to do so under a number of powers.
“This case is about using the immigration laws to our benefit and dealing effectively with those who have a harmful effect on our communities.”
Alison Spowage, assistant director for Home Office East Midlands Immigration Enforcement, said: “This case shows that we work closely with Lincolnshire Police to take strong action against those who commit crimes or abuse our immigration laws.
“European nationals who engage in serious or persistent criminality can be deported and prevented from returning to the UK for a minimum of ten years.
“In this case, joint working between the two agencies has resulted in the deportation from the country of an individual whose behaviour was having a seriously negative impact on the community in which he lived.”
Anyone with specific and detailed information on suspected immigration offending should visit https://www.gov.uk/report-immigration-crime or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
