Fugitives wanted for murder and child rape are being allowed to stay in Britain under human rights laws, it has emerged.
Marlon Martins Dos Santos and Nicolas Gomes De Brito have both successfully fought extradition to Brazil after claiming it would violate their rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which protects against torture and inhuman treatment.
In 2005, Dos Santos was c onvicted of killing a man in Brazil before having a further 14 years for repeatedly raping a five-year-old girl. By then he had fled to the UK, where a judge refused an extradition request.
In April, Dos Santos was convicted of possessing and distributing more than a thousand images of child abuse - including the most serious category.
Gomes De Brito fled to the UK in 2019 after allegedly ordering the murder of a rival gang member in Brazil. When his extradition was requested in 2022, he claimed he would be treated harshly in Brazilian prisons due to being gay and married to a man.
