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‘Sing Sing’ BAFTA Nominees Clarence Maclin & John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield Denied UK Visas To Attend Ceremony
BAFTA nominees Clarence Maclin and John 'Divine G' Whitfield will not be attending the awards ceremony after their applications for visas were denied.
Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA nominees Clarence Maclin and John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield will not be attending Sunday’s film awards ceremony after their applications for entry visas to the UK were denied. Whitfield, who is portrayed in the film by Leading Actor BAFTA nominee Colman Domingo and turns up in a cameo, was incarcerated for almost 25 years at the prison and also released in 2012. Maclin and Whitfield applied for visitor visas in order to attend the BAFTAs this weekend, but we’re told the Home Office denied the requests, referring to the grounds for refusal in the immigration rules relating to lengthy criminal convictions, and declined to exercise their discretion to approve the application.
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