RINGLEADERS of a Rochdale grooming gang could finally be deported to Pakistan after using a loophole to avoid being kicked out of the UK.
Fury erupted when Qari Abdul Rauf and Adil Khan ripped up their passports and Pakistan refused to take them back.
nb press ltdRochdale groomer Qari Abdul Rauf[/caption]
PA:Press AssociationGrooming gang members Shabir Ahmed (top left), Adil Khan (top right), Abdul Aziz (bottom left) and Qari Abdul Rauf[/caption]
NB PRESS LTDQari Abdul Rauf, a convicted Rochdale groomer[/caption]
The men were part of a nine-strong gang of Asian men convicted of sex offences against vulnerable girls in 2012.
Up to 47 girls as young as 12 were plied with alcohol and drugs and gang-raped across Rochdale during a two-year reign of terror.
Then-Home Secretary Theresa May ordered the pair to be sent back to Pakistan in 2014 as it would as it would be “conducive to the public good”.
But ten years later, Rauf and Khan still remain in Rochdale where – horrifically – their victims are forced to live alongside them.
Rauf and Khan held dual British-Pakistani citizenship but were stripped of their British nationality.
A judge ordered both men to be deported to Pakistan nearly a decade ago.
However the men, two of Britain’s worst grooming offenders, renounced their Pakistani citizenship days before an appeal against the order.
This meant they would be left “stateless” if they were kicked out of the UK, exploiting a loophole that allowed them to remain here.
Brazen Khan even argued that he should stay in the UK to be “a role model for his child”.
Khan also claimed he is not wanted by his family back in Pakistan because his notoriety would be bad for the business they own.
But according to The Telegraph, a lifting of a ban on direct flights between Pakistan and UK could mean “progress” in negotiations for deportation.
Sources for the Interior Ministry have previously said “progress” could be made if the UK were to take part in talks.
They also suggested returning direct flights to the UK by its national airline PIA, which were suspended for safety reasons, could help.
But UK officials previously said this suggestion had not been raised in discussions.
Rauf and Khan were ringleaders of a prolific grooming gang in Rochdale, which has been plagued by sexual exploitation.
Khan got a 13-year-old girl pregnant and trafficked another girl, 15, to others – using violence when she complained.
He was sentenced to eight years in 2012 and released on licence four years later.
Dad-of-five Rauf trafficked a 15-year-old girl and raped her in a secluded area before taking her to a flat in Rochdale where others had sex with her.
He was caged for six years and released in November 2014 after serving two years and six months of his sentence.
Earlier this year, it emerged the fiend has been throwing wild parties at his home with large numbers of people turning up.
Neighbours say they have been left terrified to let their kids play outside and remain constantly vigilant of their movements.
Residents say they are constantly reminded of grooming gangs when they pass by the vile paedophile’s home.
Rauf now lives in the same area he committed his crimes with victims forced to see him while he is out and about.
The paedophile has been spotted being chauffeured around by his son by angry locals who say there is nothing they can do to get rid of him.
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