A migrant from the West African nation of Guineau-Bissau spent three weeks terrorizing locals in Germany last month, committing a total of 50 offenses in just 30 days.
He ended his journey in the town of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, where he assaulted the same woman on two separate occasions in the same week. A judge nevertheless refused to authorize the migrant’s deportation despite the fact that it had already been ordered by the immigration authorities – allowing his reign of terror to continue.
The 30-year-old migrant, identified as Sadjo F., has been accused of more than 50 crimes over the past month, including insulting and assaulting police officers, threatening and attacking passersby, trespassing, and fraud.
His campaign of harassment turned violent on Jan. 27 when he punched a woman working at a bakery in the face after she demanded that he pay for food he had ordered in advance. The police were called, but the only consequence for the attacker was that he was banned from returning to the premises.
This migrant should not in fact have been in Germany at all, given that had been ordered to appear at the local immigration office by police in Tostedt on Jan. 3 after officers discovered that he had a fake Portuguese residence permit in his passport. He did not appear for the hearing, and as a consequence his deportation was ordered. Instead, he made his way to Lüneburg, where he had another violent encounter with police on Jan. 22 during which they presented him with a deportation order requiring him to leave the country within a week.
Sadjo kept busy during his time in Lüneburg, assaulting police officers, harassing locals, and eating meals in restaurants and then refusing to pay for them. In each case, police were called but always ended by letting the perpetrator go free, according to a report from Bild.
On Jan. 31, Sadjo decided to pay another visit to the same bakery he had terrorized a few days before. The same woman he had assaulted was again working there. She screamed as soon as she saw him enter and tried to defend herself with pepper spray. In the ensuing scuffle, Sadjo managed to headbutt the woman and bit her on the hand. Bystanders managed to restrain the man and hold him until police arrived, after which he was taken into custody.
The woman, who witnesses say was bleeding profusely, was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The police and the immigration authorities then brought Sadjo before the Lüneburg District Court, asking to be allowed to take him into deportation custody. The judge refused to authorize this, however, claiming that, given that the exact circumstances of the migrant’s expulsion from the country had not been given by the immigration office, the proper procedures had not been followed. As a result, Sadjo was released and was back on the streets on Sunday, Feb. 2.
Wasting no time, only four hours after his release Sadjo decided to make use of his state-sanctioned freedom to eat at yet another restaurant and then leave without paying. When police were called, he became aggressive and insulted them. He was again taken into custody.
This time the court seems to have taken the situation more seriously, and on Feb. 2, ordered the illegal migrant to remain behind bars – for one week.
Alternative for Germany intervenes
Sadjo F. had already come to the attention of representatives of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party before his latest violence. Last week Stephan Bothe, an AfD member in Lower Saxony’s state parliament, had questioned the state’s interior minister, Daniela Behrens of the Social Democratic Party, about this particular migrant and was told that Behrens was working with the local authorities to deal with the situation.
Following Sadjo’s latest spate of crimes, Bothe condemned the interior minister’s initial reaction as “the greatest possible arrogance,” accusing the authorities of an “unimaginable” failure and the judge who had released the migrant of being “irresponsible.” He has stated that the incident will be investigated further in meetings of the Interior Committee.
