Wife of British man at risk of deportation from Sweden calls on Burnham to intervene

Case is latest in string of post-Brexit deportations from country, which has been criticised for high refusal rate for British people to remain

The wife of a British man detained by police in Stockholm on Tuesday ahead of a threatened deportation has pleaded with Andy Burnham to get involved in the Brexit catastrophe unfolding for many British citizens in Sweden.

Charles, who does not want to be fully identified, and his Swedish wife, Lily, were summoned to the police station at 10am on Tuesday, where he was told he would be held at a detention centre and deported within the next two weeks.