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       This is the re-making of the decision in the appellant's appeal, following the setting aside, in a decision promulgated on 11 December 2023, of the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Cary.
       The appellant is a citizen of Jamaica born on 6 December 1994. He entered the UK on 5 June 1995, aged 6 months, with his mother. They were granted 6 months leave to enter as visitors. Following various unsuccessful applications the appellant was granted indefinite leave to remain on 23 September 2004 as a dependant of his father, together with his mother and siblings.
       The appellant subsequently accrued a number of criminal convictions, culminating in a conviction at the Harrow Crown Court on 14 November 2013 of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possessing a bladed article in a public place. He had stabbed his former girlfriend with a knife in her mid-abdomen. It sliced her liver causing bleeding into the abdominal cavity. He was sentenced to a total of 7 years and 6 months in custody.
       The appellant was served with a liability to automatic deportation notice on 21 January 2014 and on 1 July 2014 a deportation order was issued against him and a decision made that he be deported pursuant to section 32(5) of the UK Borders Act 2007. He appealed against the deportation decision. His appeal was dismissed by a First-tier Tribunal Judge on 29 April 2015. He was refused permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal and became appeal rights exhausted on 15 June 2015.
   The appellant sought permission to appeal from Judge Cary's decision on four grounds. Firstly, that the judge erred in his approach in assessing whether he was bisexual. Secondly, that the judge failed to have regard to material evidence in the country expert report. Thirdly, that the judge erred in his findings as to the appellant's sister's whereabouts. Fourthly, that the judge failed to consider whether the appellant's residence in the United Kingdom since he was 6 months old was capable of amounting to very compelling circumstances.
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