Despite his claims of persecution (including an incident in which he been warned by an unidentified individual that he would be killed if he returned to Jamaica) and as showing the wounds  in his shoulders and hands, he was declared an economic migrant by the Home Office and put on a flight to Jamaica after being held for eight days at Campsfield House in Oxfordshire, Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre near Heathrow and Haslar Immigration Removal Centre near Gosport.
He was labeled an economic refugee by the Home Office despite his allegations of persecution, including a threat from an unknown individual that he would be killed if he returned to Jamaica. He displayed physical evidence of the incidents on his shoulders and hands before being released eight days later at various detention facilities in England.