Twice-deported man jailed for re-entering country

An Albanian national who was deported from the UK twice in three years has been jailed after returning illegally for a third time.

Emirjon Gjuta, 34, appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Friday, after previously admitting to breaching his deportation order by re-entering the country in November 2024.

He was first deported in August 2020 after being convicted of drugs offences and deported again in March 2023 after being found in the country with false documents.

Gjuta was sentenced to 14 months in prison.

A spokesperson for the defendant claimed he had not fully understood the contents of the deportation order because he had not had an interpreter in court in 2020 and 2022.

However, he said documents signed by Gjuta confirmed that he did not object to the 2020 deportation order and never sought to appeal against it.

It was not clear how Gjuta arrived in the UK in November 2024 but he was arrested in Leeds in September 2025.

Nick Smith, from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said: "Emirjon Gjuta had no right to remain or work in the UK and has been deported twice already.

"It's clear he does not care about the rules and has committed crimes when he's been in the UK previously.

"The CPS will continue to work with the Home Office and police forces to prosecute those who have no right to be in the country."

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