article_snippet: But the deportation case against the man, who can only be identified as J1, collapsed after a five-year court battle when a British diplomat admitted system was not working.
article_snippet: the case collapsed when Anthony Layden, the British diplomat in charge of negotiating his deportation, admitted the system was not working.
article_snippet: his is believed to have blamed the Home Office for the failure.
article_snippet: A spokesman for the Home Office said yesterday: 'Control orders were not working and were being struck down by the courts. '
highlights_snippet: Case collapsed when diplomat conceded system was not working .
  