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Teenager 'tricked' into moving to Ghana should stay until GCSEs finished, judge rules
A teenager whose parents left him in Ghana over concerns about gang violence in the UK should stay in the west African country until at least the end of his GCSEs, a High Court judge has ruled.
The boy started legal action after his family enrolled him in a boarding school in Ghana in March last year. His parents were worried that he was becoming involved with UK gang culture and arranged for him to stay with extended family in Ghana without letting him know.
His lawyers said he wanted to return to the UK, where he was born, to live with his family again. High Court judge Mrs Justice Theis said the boy, known as S, has felt "tricked" and "abandoned".
She added he had a panic attack and does not speak the local language. But the judge ruled the teenager should remain in Ghana, at least until he has finished his GCSEs.
In a judgment published on Tuesday, she said that because the parents remain opposed to his return, the risk of a relationship breakdown would be "very high.
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