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Editorial News of Wednesday, 19 September 2001

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Immigration Service to decide on British homosexual

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is still not certain about the possible deportation of John Dale, the Briton, said to be a paedophile, according to the Ghanaian Times.

Dale was arrested following a tip-off that he was among alleged paedophiles on the list of the Manchester security in the United Kingdom. A lady who returned to Ghana from Manchester saw Dale in the house of her relative at Bawjiase, in the Central Region and recognized him as one of the suspected paedophiles wanted in Manchester.

The lady got alarmed and reported the matter to the Women and Juvenile Unit of the Police Service (WAJU) who arrested him. John Dale was said to be a friend of a teenage son of the landlord of the house where the Englishman was spotted.

Upon interrogation by the police, Dale admitted being a homosexual but claimed that he was working hard to get himself out of that activity.

When contacted on Tuesday the Director of Ghana Immigration Service, Nana Owusu-Nsiah, said that the service was still gathering evidence on the activities of the suspect, adding that if enough evidence was found against Dale, the law would take its course.