A nurse who force-fed her baby to death has been granted anonymity after serving three years in prison.
"We firmly believe foreign nationals who break the law should be deported"
Baby D died of respiratory pneumonia in March 2010 because the force feeding technique, in which liquidised food was poured into her mouth with a milk jug, had caused her to breathe food into her lungs.
Her mother was convicted of “causing or allowing the death of a child in her care” and jailed for three years. She was released from prison in April after serving her three-year sentence.
The woman has also been granted permission to live in Britain indefinitely, despite the fact that the length of her sentence and criminal history made her liable for automatic deportation under Home Office rules.
Home Secretary Theresa May attempted to deport the nurse after she had served her sentence, but the Ghanaian woman, who can only be referred to GHA after winning lifelong anonymity, lodged an appeal and won her case, citing Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects the “right to private and family life”.
A further appeal to overturn the immigration tribunal ruling failed last month meaning GHA, who came to the UK on a student visa in 2000, is allowed to stay and live with her partner and her three surviving children in London.
Social services have concluded the children are under "no significant risk of harm" and described them as a "close, committed family unit".
The Home Office is set to appeal against the tribunal’s decision.
A spokesman said: "We firmly believe foreign nationals who break the law should be deported. We are disappointed by the tribunal's decision in this case and are seeking to appeal against it.
"Through the recently passed Immigration Act, we are making it easier to remove people from the UK and harder for individuals to prolong their stay with spurious appeals, by cutting the number of appeal rights from 17 to four.
"It will also ensure that judges deal with Article 8 claims in the right way — making clear the right to a family life is not regarded as absolute and unqualified."
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