V.M. v the United Kingdom, Application No. 49734/12
The European Court of Human Rights found that part of an individual’s detention prior to deportation violated the right to liberty under Article 5 of the ECHR. The applicant entered the UK illegally in 2003 with her son. Shortly afterwards she was charged with and pleaded guilty to child cruelty. She was granted bail after which she absconded for two years.