article_snippet: The controversial legal ruling by Scotland’s Court of Session meant the threat of deportation has been removed and Beheshti is free to remain in Scotland indefinitely.
article_snippet: Beheshti’s claim, Beheshti said, was ‘based on Article 8 ECHR and, in particular, on the fact that Beheshti had, so Beheshti claimed, established a private life in the UK.
article_snippet: Earlier this month, Branko Loncar, 55 - who won asylum by claiming he fled Croatia due to anti-Serb discrimination - was allowed to stay in the UK, despite being convicted of killing he wife.
article_snippet: Since being convicted of the crime in he absence during a retrial in 2000, Croatia had asked for Loncar's extradition from UK - but he lawyers fought move .
article_snippet: In the meantime, Loncar continued claiming benefits and was convicted of common assault in the UK.
article_snippet: But the High Court still ruled that it would be 'oppressive' to send Loncar back after so long.