Why Is The Rochdale Grooming Gang Leader Not Being Deported?

The Rochdale grooming gang leader has been released from prison – and, despite previous promises, is currently set to avoid deportation.

Shabir Ahmed’s victims were told in 2012 that he would be deported after serving his sentence for 30 child rape and sexual offences charges.

However, it now appears that he will not be sent to Pakistan, where he was born, despite being stripped of British citizenship.

There’s been a furious response to the revelation, with multiple critics calling for an urgent change to the law.

Here’s what we know so far.

What Has Happened? 

Ahmed was one of nine men in the Rochdale grooming gang convicted of serious offences against five girls – some ...