Caribbean woman staying in the UK illegally claims she can’t be deported to Grenada as her Latvian husband won’t be able to cope with the spicy food

A woman from the Caribbean staying illegally in the UK, who says she one of the reasons she could not be deported is because her Latvian-born husband doesn’t like spicy food, today insisted: ‘There’s a big difference between liking the odd curry and having hot meals constantly in a humid country.’

Lynthia Calliste, 35, made headlines this week after it emerged she had cited her Latvian forklift truck driver husband finding the local cuisine unpalatable as a reason to avoid being deported to her native Grenada