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| Lawrence killer to remain in UK | Lawrence killer to remain in UK |
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| The man who knifed head teacher Philip Lawrence to death has been allowed to stay in the UK after winning an appeal against deportation. | |
| Learco Chindamo, 26, is serving a life sentence for killing Mr Lawrence outside his school in Maida Vale, north London, in 1995. | |
| Chindamo's lawyers argued that deporting him to Italy, where he was born, would breach his human rights. | Chindamo's lawyers argued that deporting him to Italy, where he was born, would breach his human rights. |
| The EU's Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled in his favour. | The EU's Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled in his favour. |
| Chindamo was told the news at the weekend and was said to be "pleased" because his "family and life were in the UK". | |
| Learco Chindamo came to the UK when he was six | |
| He said he hoped the decision would not "cause grief" to Philip Lawrence's widow Frances or to the rest of his family, to whom he expressed "deepest sympathy". | |
| The Home Office has five days to lodge an appeal against the decision. | |
| Chindamo came to the UK when he was six. His father is Italian, his mother is from the Philippines and he has an Italian passport. | |
| His 12-year minimum prison term is due to expire next year, and therefore he is entitled to be considered for release. |