An illegal immigrant who committed 'revolting ' sex offences on the London Underground could receive a £7,000 payout because he was kept in jail for 'too long ' while officials tried to deport him . Naseer Chawki , who claims to be 34 and from Iran , was detained for more than four years while Home Office officials fought for deportation , after he was convicted of sexually abusing two women on a rush-hour Piccadilly Line train . But he has now won a High Court battle against Home Secretary Theresa May , after a judge ruled that he had been illegally held for seven months - against his human rights - during that process . Naseer Chawki , who sexually assaulted two women on a rush-hour Tube , could be awarded £7,000 after the High Court ( pictured ) ruled he was unlawfully held for ten months while officials tried to deport him . Deputy High Court Judge Stephen Morris said Chawki 's payout is yet to be assessed , giving no indication of what the figure would be . But according to human rights lawyers , the payout given to Chawki could be between £5,000 and £10,000 . In 2013 , a Supreme Court judgment set a precedent that those detained illegally should receive around £1,000 for each month they are held against their human rights . It means Chawki can expect to receive around £7,000 . During today 's hearing in London , the court heard how Chawki - who has failed in a bid to claim asylum - arrived in Cardiff from Iran in 1999 before moving to Liverpool . He then moved to Seven Sisters , north London . The court heard how , in November 2008 , Chawki was given a three-year jail term for carrying out two sex assaults on the London Underground , as well as possessing a false identity document . Home Secretary Theresa May ( pictured ) had claimed Chawki was held because he posed a 'serious risk ' to the public but has lost the case . Chawki had pleaded guilty to the offences , after he pressed himself against the women on a crowded rush-hour train . The attacks had been witnessed by commuters and Chawki was later traced using DNA evidence and Oyster card records . During the hearing over those offences , the court heard how the 'revolting ' sex attacks had had 'very lasting effects ' on the victims . Judge Martin Beddoe , who heard the case at Southwark Crown Court , said he would recommend deportation after he had served time in jail for the crimes . Chawki was then released from jail in December 2009 . Following an order for his deportation , he was placed in immigration detention , while officials began the process . But he was released from immigration detention in March last year after attempts to deport him failed . He was made to wear a monitoring tag . After his release , Chawki launched a legal battle , claiming he had been held in immigration detention when then was 'no prospect ' of him being deported . Mrs May disputed his claim , saying he posed a 'serious risk of harm ' and that there was a 'serious risk ' that he would abscond . Judge Morris ruled that detention had been lawful for the majority of the four years and four months Chawki was held . But he ruled that the detention had been unlawful between mid-September 2013 and March last year . He said that , by that time , there had been 'no sufficient prospect of removal within a reasonable time ' . During the 2013 case which set the precedent on the issue of payouts , the Court of Appeal held that the Secretary of State had breached the human rights of Mr Faulkner by keeping him in detention for 10 months longer than necessary . Mr Faulkner was serving a life sentence but had brought the case over the delay in reviewing the need for his further detention , on the grounds of whether it was necessary for public protection . The Secretary of State was ordered to pay him £10,000 in damages , setting a precedent of around £1,000 in damages per month held unlawfully .
Naseer Chawki , from Iran , was convicted in 2008 of assaulting two women . After his release , he was put in detention while officials tried to deport him . But 34-year-old was released in seven months after deportation failed . He has now won High Court battle because he was held for March last year too long .