'Local legend' Nelson Shardey is fighting to stay in the country which has been his home for 47 years
For more than 30 years, Nelson Shardey has been a pillar of his community. He set up his shop, Nelsons News, in 1991 and is regarded as a 'local legend'.
Yet in 2019, he found out he didn't have official leave to remain in the UK. It was news which reduced the community 'role model' to tears. Despite having already lived in the UK for 46 years, Nelson may not get British citizenship until his mid 80s. His family are now legally challenging the Home Office arguing his treatment is unfair given the costs involved over the 10 year process.
However Nelson felt it wasn't a good life for him, put the house up for sale and moved up to Wallasey in 1990. He then set up Nelsons News in 1991 working from 4am to 11pm at night, sometimes even doing the paper round for customers. He received a Liverpool Echo Mersey Marvel award in 2007 after he saved a friend from a baseball bat attack.
He added: "To be honest with you, I cried indoors when the children weren't around. I would come out full of smiles as myself. I wouldn't show it but I was really really shocked." He said: "People are absolutely outraged, even just from the people I told. I was getting messages saying this is absolutely crazy and disgraceful, asking how could they even do this? It was just constant. I would go to the gym and Tesco and people would ask, how's your Dad? What's going on with your Dad? Is he okay?
Jacob argues there was no clear instructions back in 1977 about how to apply for citizenship. He said: "It's a small cog in a big system. They've got these systems in place just to keep the wheel turning but they don't look at the cases individually. I get that that would take a lot longer but situations like this arise."
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