Man ‘too fat’ to re-enter his country

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A BRITISH man refused entry into the UK because he put on 31.8 kilograms (70 pounds) was considering taking legal action against border officials.

Border control authorities barred Derrick Agyeman, 37, from returning to the UK after he spent a weekend with friends in Amsterdam.

They said he was not the same person as in the one in his nine-year-old passport photograph because of differences in the thickness of the his ears and lips.

But the photograph was different because he gained 31.8kgs since it was taken.

Agyeman was forced to stay in Amsterdam for three months before he was allowed back in the country.

He lost an appeal in Britain’s High Court this month over his treatment by the country’s Foreign Office in the bungled case in August 2006.

Agyeman said, “I cry when I think about what happened to me.”

The Foreign Office said it was unable to comment because Agyeman was considering an appeal.