X Factor star songs tell of court battle

Former X Factor hopeful Gamu Nhengu has written songs to cope with the stress of her ongoing deportation ordeal – but her fans will never hear them.

The teenager who lives in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, has waited almost a year for a decision to made over whether she and her family should be returned to her native Zimbabwe.

In May this year, it was revealed that Gamu and her family had won their appeal against deportation, as an immigration court ruled that an order for them to be returned to their Zimbabwean homeland should be overturned.

But the 19 year old, her mother Nokuthula Ngazana and two brothers were dealt a fresh blow as the Home Office confirmed it would appeal against the court’s decision.

Gamu said writing songs was the only way she was able to deal with the trauma of her situation.

But she said the songs won’t be making it on to her new album, which she said was “Gamu-ised” mixture of Motown and soul.

She said: “It came as such a shock and everything exploded. But I just started writing and wrote it all out.

“Those are songs I will keep in a little box whenever I need to be reminded just how far I have come”.