Vocal Voices

admits it is not his real name, so he accepted his knighthood knowing it was not right , how much time and money has he spent try to find /help his real family?

Always thought something didn't ring true about him

Should he therefore be striped of his title?

Are you serious? He was trafficked as a child, why on earth would he be punished for that?

Kaz wrote::shock: Are you serious? He was trafficked as a child, why on earth would he be punished for that?

Absolutely!!

You must be joking Vic to even suggest it
He deserves a 1-000
Medals
He is my idol a credit to his sport

Well done Kaz as I couldn't trust myself to reply!

Ally wrote:Well done Kaz as I couldn't trust myself to reply!

Nore me

But he is a fraud

Of course he isn’t He still won the races, and did the charity work that earned him his knighthood!

He was trafficked as a child, forced to be a child slave, kept away from school until he was 12, and yet he still overcame it all to an amazing degree. He’s an inspiration to all, and quite honestly I feel a bit sorry for anyone who can’t see that.

Nicely put Kaz.

However he is also an illegal immigrant who knew he was illegal and has continued to be in the UK on forged identity for some time.

Something will have to be done. I don't know what but I suspect some kind of naturalisation for him. I don't think there is any question of deporting him or anything like that. More a case of working out how we legalise him and move on.

The question is much more simply put without the whole trafficking question. If I do something illegal do my actions following that illegal act excuse it. He was an adult who had forged identity which gave him residency in the UK. It diminishes his achievements to a degree. We don't know more so can't say more.

I'm for simply naturalising him and giving a pardon for the laws broken. Not everyone will be.