A POLISH thug who should have been deported for an attack on two cops is still in the UK — coining it as a bare-knuckle boxer.
Violent Dawid Ostafi, 35, who is wanted in his homeland for robbery, earns £7,000 a bout as a cruiserweight brawler.
A judge relaxed his bail terms so he could compete in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship while he appeals against extradition.
Ostafi, known as The Wrecking Machine, fights as David Oscar.
He arrived in the UK in 2016, the year he was sentenced to 30 months in Poland.
In 2019, the 6ft 1in lout gave a woman cop a “flying headbutt” and assaulted her male colleague when arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.
Officers found a metal baseball bat, pepper spray and a wrap of cocaine in the stolen £48,000 Audi he was driving.
Ostafi, who had previously punched a garage worker 20 times, dislodging three teeth, was jailed for 40 months.
On release the bruiser, who has convictions for robbery and extortion in Poland, should have been deported under the UK Borders Act.
He slipped the Home Office net until his arrest in August last year at a boxing gym after the Polish authorities appealed for his extradition.
Ostafi, of Blackburn, is on £40,000 bail, must wear a tag and is on a curfew other than on fight nights.
His lawyers claim he has a right to a family life in Britain under the European Convention on Human Rights.
He has a son here with his wife, who has two children from a previous relationship.
The High Court has blocked his appeal against extradition but he is entitled to appeal.
