This is expected behaviour, and is how Unix permissions work.
Since your user has write permission on your Desktop directory, you can
delete files there even if they are owned by root. If you can read the
file, you can copy it to your trash folder, and delete the one on your
desktop. The file is now owned by you.
** Visibility changed to: Public
** Changed in: ubuntu
Status: New => Invalid
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File permissions changed via trash in Ubuntu 8.04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/611778
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