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For the Appellant: Ms S Naik KC and Mr D Sellwood, of Counsel instructed by Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors
             On 7 th November 2014 the respondent wrote to the appellant stating that it was suspected that he had obtained his citizenship by fraud and that they were considering depriving him of his citizenship under s.40(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981 on the basis that they believed that another person held the identity he was using. On 29 th April 2015 the appellant was issued with a nullity decision on the basis that he had falsified elements of his identity when he applied for British citizenship.
             On 9 th March 2016 the appellant was convicted of 16 sexual offences, and in April 2016 he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with 8 years of extended licence conditions.
             The appellant's appeal against the deprivation decision was dismissed by the First-tier Tribunal in a determination promulgated on the 9 th May 2023.
             Permission to appeal was granted by Upper Tribunal Judge CN Lane on 23 rd January 2024 on the basis that it was arguable that the First-tier judge had erred in law as set out in the grounds and that they also raised matters of general importance.
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