Sabina Nessa’s evil killer among 11 Albanian murderers earmarked for removal from UK using new fast-track powers
THE twisted killer of Sabina Nessa is among 11 Albanian murderers earmarked for removal from Britain using new fast-track powers.
Talks between PM Rishi Sunak and Albanian premier Edi Rama clinched a deal to allow scores of cons jailed here to finish sentences back home.
And 11 murderers — including Koci Selamaj, jailed for 36 years for killing teacher Sabina in Greenwich, South East London, in September 2021 — will be among the first to go.
British prisons house more than 1,330 Albanians — the biggest foreign nationality group behind bars.
And ministers are determined to slash the bill for holding them, which has soared to about £60million a year.
A deal speeding up the removal of prisoners will be sealed within weeks after officials from the UK Ministry of Justice and Prison Service visited Albania in March.
The fact-finding trip paved the way for faster prisoner transfers in return for modernising jails and providing a fleet of prison vehicles.
A source from Albania’s prison service said: “The UK team visited all our prisons in Peqin, Lezhe, Fushe Kruje and Drenova in the city of Korca.
“They had a clear order from their minister in the UK to help us without delay.
“They will help us modernise prison management and improve security and logistics.”
The UK has donated 12 vehicles as part of the deal, which will also increase the capacity of Albanian prisons.