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| Jack Straw meets Lawrence widow | |
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| Justice Secretary Jack Straw is meeting the widow of murdered head teacher Philip Lawrence over her fears his murderer will not be deported. | |
| Last week Learco Chindamo, 26, who stabbed Mr Lawrence in west London in 1995, won an appeal against deportation to Italy, where his father was from. | Last week Learco Chindamo, 26, who stabbed Mr Lawrence in west London in 1995, won an appeal against deportation to Italy, where his father was from. |
| The Home Office has said it will appeal against the ruling that the deportation breaches his human rights. | The Home Office has said it will appeal against the ruling that the deportation breaches his human rights. |
| Mr Lawrence's wife, Frances, has said she was devastated at the decision. | |
| Chindamo attacked Mr Lawrence as he defended a pupil outside St George's Roman Catholic comprehensive school in Maida Vale. | |
| He took away my husband's life, thereby destroying one of the tenets of the Human Rights Act Frances Lawrence | |
| He was jailed for life at the Old Bailey in 1996 and given a minimum jail term of 12 years - which means he could be free next year. | |
| Last week, Mrs Lawrence said she has been "utterly devastated" by the ruling of the tribunal, having been led to believe Chindamo would be deported. | |
| She said: "He took away my husband's life, thereby destroying one of the tenets of the Human Rights Act. | |
| "And yet he is using it to pick and choose how he wants to live his life." | |
| Frances Lawrence said she felt "utterly devastated" | |
| Conservative leader David Cameron said the act - which says people should have a "right to respect for family and private life" - should be replaced. | |
| But Mr Straw, who passed the Human Rights Act when home secretary, said EU law had been more important in influencing the tribunal's decision. | |
| The law in question is article 28 of a European Directive which states EU citizens cannot be excluded unless there is "imperative grounds of public security". | |
| Mr Straw said: "We are going to appeal and let us see what the Appeal Court does in respect of the appeal." |