EXCLUSIVE – Psychiatrist is slammed by immigration tribunal for saying that a man who appealed against his deportation to Cameroon after raping his own daughter does not display ‘distorted sexual attitudes towards children’

• Dr Galappathie’s work was ruled to be not ‘objective and expert evidence’

An eminent consultant psychiatrist has been slammed by an immigration tribunal for concluding an African man who raped his own daughter does not display ‘distorted sexual attitudes towards children’.

The twisted father was appealing against deportation to Cameroon on human rights grounds after serving an 18-year sentence for the harrowing ordeal he subjected his little girl to when she was aged between six and nine. 

The 50-year-old former nurse – who cannot be identified to protect his daughter – argued he would be in danger if he returned to his home country on his release from jail. 

He was assessed by Dr Nuwan Galappathie to determine, among other things, the level of risk he posed if he was allowed to remain in the UK. 

In upholding the Home Secretary’s wish to deport the father, the Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber described Dr Galappathie’s conclusion as ‘remarkable and extremely concerning’.

And in a scathing verdict they said they could not consider the work of the doctor, who has been a medical witness in hundreds of criminal and civil cases, to be ‘objective and expert evidence’.

Dr Nuwan Galappathie (pictured) has been slammed by an immigration tribunal for concluding an African man who raped his own daughter does not display ‘distorted sexual attitudes towards children’

When approached by MailOnline, Dr Galappathie asked for time to consider a response to the tribunal’s damning findings on his work in the case. 

He said: ‘I have never come across this situation before, I don’t think I wish to comment.’ 

The Birmingham-based doctor’s website says he has supplied more than 1,000 psychiatric reports for courts and often gives evidence in cases all over the UK. 

In his report on the rapist battling deportation, Dr Galappathie wrote: ‘He has served a lengthy prison sentence and other than his previous interest in extra marital relationships, which raises some questions about his thoughts towards women, other than the index offences themselves, there is actually nothing to indicate distorted sexual attitudes especially towards children. 

‘He does not report any sexual interest in children and is now required to avoid contact with children. Any abnormalities within thinking and behaviour have therefore been resolved as best possible such that his risk of re-offending will remain low.’ 

Those views were rejected outright by the tribunal. Their ruling said: ‘We conclude that this is a remarkable, and concerning, conclusion. 

‘Previous offending history and the number of offences committed are a static risk factor. They are fundamental in considering an individual’s potential to reoffend in the long term. 

‘That the appellant had not been subject to previous allegations does not undermine the fact that over several years he subjected his minor daughter to rape and sexual assault. 

‘We consider the failure to adequately identify the nature of the offences for which the appellant was convicted as striking.’ 

The tribunal went on to say: ‘Having considered the risk assessment filed in this matter we do not consider Dr Galappathie to have provided objective and expert evidence.’ 

They said they may take his findings on the rapist into account when considering any future risk assessment he was called on to prepare for the tribunal. 

The father, known only as CE to protect his daughter’s identity, was jailed at Portsmouth Crown Court on January 31, 2011 after being convicted of four counts of raping his daughter when she was aged between six and nine, and two counts of sexually assaulting her. 

He denied the charges, saying his former wife had brainwashed their daughter, but was found guilty by a jury. He still maintains his innocence. 

The father, known only as CE to protect his daughter’s identity, was jailed at Portsmouth Crown Court (pictured) on January 31, 2011 after being convicted of four counts of raping his daughter when she was aged between six and nine, and two counts of sexually assaulting her

The Home Secretary wanted to deport him to Cameroon, saying he had committed a particularly serious crime and was a danger to the community. 

But in May 2021 a tribunal held he would face ill treatment if he returned to Cameroon, and the Home Secretary appealed against this. 

The man came to Britain in 1999, studying nursing at university, and was given indefinite leave to remain. He worked in a hospital in the UK for some years before joining the RAF in 2004, and spent six months in Iraq. 

He has two convictions for drink driving, as well as failing to provide a specimen of breath, assaulting a police officer, driving without insurance and driving while disqualified. 

He was discharged from the RAF in 2009 and had been working for a nursing agency before he was arrested on charges of raping his daughter. 

The trial judge told him: ‘As her natural father this was the breach of the ultimate degree of trust. You sought to persuade her by using sweets and the promise of money. These offences were committed repeatedly over a length period of time.’ 

After the man’s human rights claim was refused in 2018, he claimed asylum in 2018 relying on the Anglophone Crisis, also known as the Ambazonia War, a dispute between Cameroon and the Anglophone territories. 

The tribunal threw out his claim to remain in the UK on human rights grounds. 

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