Judge blasts Home Office after illegal immigrant stays in Britain to pocket 32k in benefits

A judge has slammed the Home Office for failing to deport an illegal immigrant who entered the UK on the back of a lorry to illegally claim £32,000 in benefits. Kerim Koroglu, 49, pocketed handouts he was not entitled to collect for more than six years after he sneaked into the country in a lorry on 30 August 2002. Koroglu used a fake ‘leave to remain’ letter to swindle £32,549 in housing and council tax benefits from Hackney Council. The…