At least seven members of the primary Rochdale grooming gang introduced down for raping and trafficking younger youngsters throughout England are strolling free on the streets at the moment – after a brand new report warned that just about 100 different abusers are escaping justice.
In a case that shocked the nation, 9 Asian males had been convicted in 2012 of a spread of sexual offences in opposition to youngsters together with rape, trafficking and conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with youngsters in and round Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Two members of the Rochdale grooming gang convicted of paedophilia offences are nonetheless ready to be deported again to Pakistan – as a result of their dwelling nation is refusing to take them again.
Qari Abdul Rauf, 54 and Adil Khan, 53, had been a part of a bunch of Asian males who plied ladies as younger as 12 with alcohol and medicines earlier than ferrying them across the north of England in taxis to be raped by different predators.
Both have since been launched, as have at the least 5 others, one in every of whom was set to be returned to his dwelling nation upon launch. The ringleader remains to be believed to be behind bars whereas one other was on account of conclude his sentence later this 12 months.
A brand new hard-hitting report launched yesterday concluded that at the least 96 males who pose a possible threat to youngsters proceed to roam the Greater Manchester space, however admits they’re doubtless ‘solely a proportion of the people’ committing intercourse abuse.
Following on from a 2013 report that examined how abuse was allowed to proceed for therefore lengthy earlier than any convictions had been secured, the damning 173-page paper slammed police and council bosses for failing to behave on early reviews of grooming.
Various convictions have adopted these of the ‘authentic’ Rochdale gang – the 9 monsters who had been sentenced in 2012 have been profiled beneath.
Qari Abdul Rauf (left) and Adil Khan (proper) are each nonetheless awaiting deportation regardless of shedding a authorized battle to stay within the UK
Abdul Aziz (left) has been in a position to stay within the UK; Mohammed Amin has served his sentence
Mohammed Sajid (left) and Kabeer Hassan (proper). Sajid’s sentence concludes this 12 months, after which he might be deported to Pakistan; Hassan is believed to be free
Hamid Safi (left) is believed to have been deported to Afghanistan after serving his sentence; Abdul Qayyum (proper) is now free
Qari Rauf and Adil Khan
Taxi driver and Muslim preacher Abdul Rauf, of Rochdale, was convicted of trafficking and conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with a baby. He was jailed for six years in 2012, finally serving two years and 6 months behind bars.
Adil Khan, additionally of Rochdale, was convicted of trafficking and conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with a baby and was jailed for eight years, serving 4 in jail and 4 on licence.
Both appealed in opposition to the plan to deport him to Pakistan, and renounced his Pakistani citizenship — however not earlier than the Home Office stripped them of their British citizenship and with it the best to stay within the nation.
Alongside Adil Khan, Rauf sought to assert in 2022 that his compelled removing could be ncompatible together with his human rights, however that attraction failed.
In August 2023, immigration judges refused one other additional attraction from Rauf’s attorneys – whose identities have been protected by means of a courtroom order.
But a report in The Sun suggests the pair’s removals have been delayed as a result of Pakistan, is reportedly refusing to permit them to return.
Rauf and Khan claimed throughout their deportation appeals to have renounced their Pakistani citizenships, rendering them each ‘stateless’.
A earlier listening to concluded that it might be ‘comparatively simple’ for the pair to reclaim their Pakistani identities however that they had been ‘unwilling’ to take action.
Abdul Aziz
Aziz, of Rochdale, was convicted of trafficking and conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with a baby.
He was paid for ferrying youngsters throughout the north of England and finally jailed for 9 years.
Known as ‘the Master’ by his fellow abusers, Aziz was reportedly stripped of his UK citizenship by a courtroom in 2018 – but it surely has since emerged that he renounced his Pakistani citizenship 5 days earlier than the listening to, and earlier than Rauf and Khan.
Mohammed Amin
Amin, of Rochdale, was discovered responsible of intercourse assaults and conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with a baby.
The taxi driver was jailed for 5 years after he was discovered responsible through the 2012 trial, and has now served his sentence throughout each jail and launch on licence.
Rochdale grooming gang chief Shabir Ahmed urged his victims to name him ‘Daddy’; he nonetheless has a decade of his sentence remaining
A report revealed yesterday concluded that youngsters had been nonetheless in danger from at the least 96 paedophiles roaming the streets of Rochdale
BBC drama Three Girls (stars Liv Hill, Molly Windsor and Ria Zmitrowicz, above) dramatised the failure of police and social providers to behave on reviews of kid intercourse abuse in Rochdale
Mohammed Sajid
Sajid, a cash-and-carry employee from Rochdale, was discovered responsible of rape, trafficking and conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with a baby, having come to the UK from Pakistan.
He was jailed for 12 years in 2012 and could be due free if he served the complete sentence behind bars; he’ll in any other case full the rest of his sentence on licence.
At the time of his sentencing, he was advised he could be deported to Pakistan as soon as the time period had been served.
Kabeer Hassan
Hassan, of Oldham, was convicted of rape and conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with a baby.
Hospitality employee Hassan, the youngest member of the gang, was given a woman to rape as a ‘deal with’ for his birthday, the trial heard.
Following his conviction, he was jailed for 9 years, and can now be free on the streets.
Hamid Safi
Illegal immigrant Safi, from Rochdale, arrived within the UK from Afghanistan after hiding beneath a lorry.
He was convicted of trafficking and conspiracy and jailed for 4 years.
At the time of his sentencing, he was advised he could be deported to Afghanistan following the conclusion of his time period.
Abdul Qayyum
Qayyum, often known as ‘Tiger’, was convicted of conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with a baby.
A taxi driver and a businessman, he was sentenced to 5 years in jail in 2012 and can now be free on the streets.
Shabir Ahmed
Twisted ringleader Ahmed, who urged his victims to name him ‘Daddy’, was sentenced to 19 years in jail for his position because the kingpin within the Rochdale grooming gang.
He had been employed as a welfare rights officer inside Oldham Council however was convicted of two counts of rape, intercourse assault, trafficking and conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with a baby.
Since then, Ahmed’s jail time period has been prolonged by three years after he was convicted of repeatedly raping a woman, and one other 12 months after attacking one other inmate behind bars.
In idea, he might stay in jail till round 2034, however might be granted parole to serve the rest of his sentence on licence. He has additionally sought to attraction in opposition to the choice to deport him to Pakistan upon launch.