A pedophile migrant who did not tell UK authorities about his conviction for abusing a five-year-old child has won the right to appeal against being deported, the Daily Mail reports. An immigration judge ruled that 29-year-old Eddie Cardoso Ramos made an “honest mistake” when he failed to mention his criminal past when applying for leave to remain in Britain. Ramos was convicted of a serious sexual offense against a five-year-old child in Portugal in 2014 and received a three-year suspended sentence.Ramos moved to the UK in 2018, a year after his suspended sentence ended. When he applied for leave to remain in 2020, he denied having any prior convictions, later claiming he believed the form only asked about convictions in the UK.His punishment came to light after he was caught with a prostitute in Britain in 2024 and received a police warning. A routine investigation revealed his 2014 offense and the Home Office initiated deportation proceedings.Ramos successfully challenged deportation, with Judge Paul Lodato concluding that the danger he represents is not a present danger. The judge said: “Does (Ramos) represent a real, present and sufficiently serious threat to the ‘fundamental interest of society’? It was agreed that if I conclude that he does not, his appeal will be allowed.”The court heard Ramos committed the crimes in 2012 when he was 19 and was sentenced in 2014. The suspended sentence was not activated because he had complied with its requirements. The Home Office argued that Ramos posed a danger to women and girls in Britain, but the judge found that soliciting a prostitute did not indicate a continuation of the type of crime for which he was convicted in Portugal.Judge Lodato accepted Ramos’s explanation for not disclosing his conviction, saying: “The form asked him: ‘Have you ever been convicted of, or arrested for, or charged with any criminal offense for which you are on trial or awaiting trial?’ (Ramos) admitted that he answered ‘no’. (His) explanation is that he understood the question was being asked whether he had been convicted of a criminal offense in the United Kingdom. I consider (Ramos’s) explanation credible. “I consider that he made an honest mistake when he answered the question about his previous convictions and that his failure to disclose a material fact of his conviction in Portugal in 2014 was not dishonest.”The judge also acknowledged that Ramos’ non-disclosure raised questions about integrity but stressed that it did not indicate a present danger. “I therefore do not believe that the fact that (Ramos) has not disclosed his 2014 conviction while he has completed his leave to remain on application in 2020 indicates that (Ramos) is a present danger,” he said.As a result, Ramos’ appeal will be heard in full, giving him the chance to fight against deportation while he remains in the UK.