A foreign mother who was jailed for stabbing her baby has been granted the right to stay in Britain . The Bangladeshi woman , who can not be named , served five years for attempted murder in 2009 after she attacked her daughter in the midst of a marital breakdown . On her release , a tribunal decided not to deport her – as is usually the case with foreign criminals – so she could still see the child . The Bangladeshi woman , from Tower Hamlets , east London , who served five years for attempted murder in 2009 , has been allowed to remain in the UK after the Court of Appeal ruled it was a 'truly exceptional ’ case . The Government appealed but the woman , of Tower Hamlets , East London , was yesterday granted leave to remain . Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Pitchford said the case was ‘ truly exceptional ’ . He said : 'The circumstances of the offence , the bitter suffering of [ the mother ] following the offence and the clear benefit to the victim of the offence of continued face to face contact with her mother rendered this case truly exceptional . 'In short , despite the generic public interest in deportation of foreign criminals , there was no public interest in further punishing the victim of the crime . 'In my view , the combined circumstances of the crime and its consequences were exceptional and the First-Tier Tribunal was entitled to conclude that separation , which was likely to be permanent , would be cruel both to the offender and to the victim . ' The judge heard the appeal with Lord Justice Sullivan and Lady Justice King , who both agreed with the decision . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .
The Bangladeshi woman served 2009 for attempted murder in five years . She stabbed her young daughter in the midst of a marital breakdown . Tribunal decided not to deport her but Government appealed the decision . Court of Appeal has now ruled case is 'truly exceptional ' and she can stay .