British man kicked out of Canada for helping girlfriend with DIY at her flat

A young British man is being kicked out of Canada for helping his girlfriend decorate her flat.
Tom Rolfe, 24, is accused of "doing a Canadian out of a job" because he did a bit of DIY.

Tom Rolfe with his girlfriend Sam Edwards

He was locked up by immigration officials who found photographs of Tom and girlfriend Sam filling up cracks in the walls of her flat.

Tom was in Canada on a tourist visa and the pictures were used to prove he was working illegally.

Angry Tom said: "It is just ridiculous, I was just helping Sam to tidy up her flat before she sold it so we could get a place together.

"I was treated like a criminal and told I have eight days to get out of the country - it has wrecked our plans."

Tom, from Abergavenny, South Wales, hoped to open a dog rescue centre with Sam in her home city of Edmonton, Alberta.

(Daily Mirror)