UK's first eastern European mayor loses lengthy legal battle to avoid deportation following his conviction for rape

From mayoral chains to prison bars: Aigars Balsevic, 55, the UK's first eastern European mayor, argued deportation after serving his six-year jail term would affect his human right to family life. From mayoral chains to prison bars: Aigars Balsevic, 55, the UK's first eastern European mayor, argued deportation after serving his six-year jail term would affect his human right to family life.