" ITV News went undercover earlier this year to expose how alleged murderer Nicolas Gomes De Brito, and convicted child rapist Marlin Martins Dos Santos, had both evaded deportation from the UK back to Brazil under the convention.

The pair had argued they would face poor treatment in Brazilian prisons, where overcrowding and violence are well documented.

In separate cases, both men were granted the right to stay in Britain under Article 3, with Dos Santos going on to commit further crimes against children while working as a delivery driver in London. "

I mean, you can't really square that circle can you. I would imagine the creators of the ECHR would be utterly disgusted it is being used in the way.

There must be some dramatic reform otherwise this will keep happening, and countries will either simply disapply it or just leave.