A convicted Rochdale grooming gang chief remains to be dwelling within the UK practically 9 years after he was ordered to be deported.
In a case that shocked the nation, 9 Asian males have been convicted in 2012 of a variety of sexual offences in opposition to kids together with rape, trafficking and conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with kids in and round Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Ringleader Qari Abdul Rauf was advised he can be packed off to Pakistan after serving a jail time period for youngster intercourse offences.
But Rauf, 54, remains to be having fun with life in Britain and spending time along with his household, MailOnline found.
Convicted Rochdale groomer Abdul Rauf remains to be dwelling in Britain practically 9 years after he was ordered to be deported
Nine Asian males have been convicted in 2012 of a variety of sexual offences in opposition to kids, in a case that shocked the nation
Although he was stripped of his British citizenship, his deportation has been held up as Pakistan — the opposite nation the place he loved twin nationality — reportedly refused to take him again.
Last week he was collected by a buddy and pushed off for a visit out, our unique photographs present.
Rauf refused to remark and initially denied that he was the convicted pervert when approached.
Schoolchildren repeatedly stroll previous the £140,000 three-bedroom pink brick semi-detached home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the place he lives.
Former taxi driver and Muslim preacher Rauf was jailed in 2012 for the scandal which was later dramatised within the BBC drama ‘Three Girls’.
He was jailed for six years after being convicted of conspiracy to interact in sexual exercise with kids beneath 16 and trafficking for sexual exploitation.
But he was freed on licence in November 2014 after simply two-and-a-half years in jail. He then returned house to his spouse and 5 kids.
Last week Rauf was collected by a buddy and pushed off for a visit out, our unique photographs present
Schoolchildren repeatedly stroll previous the £140,000 three-bedroom pink brick semi-detached home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the place he lives
Former taxi driver and Muslim preacher Rauf was jailed in 2012 for the scandal which was later dramatised within the BBC drama ‘Three Girls’
A photograph issued by Greater Manchester Police of Qari Abdul Rauf
The Home Office advised him he can be stripped of his UK citizenship in 2015 and returned to his native Pakistan with fellow abusers Abdul Aziz and Adil Khan.
They misplaced an enchantment in 2018 in opposition to the ruling to strip them of their citizenship rights.
Rauf and fellow defendant Adil Khan have been each ordered to be despatched again to Pakistan on their launch however their attorneys appealed.
Alongside Adil Khan, Rauf sought to say in 2022 that his compelled elimination can be incompatible along with his human rights, however that enchantment failed.
In August 2023, immigration judges refused one other additional enchantment from Rauf’s attorneys – whose identities have been protected by means of an uncommon courtroom order.
But the pair’s elimination has been delayed as a result of Pakistan, is reportedly refusing to permit them to return.
Both males claimed throughout their deportation appeals that they’ve renounced their Pakistani citizenships, rendering them ‘stateless’.
A earlier listening to concluded that it could be ‘comparatively straightforward’ for the pair to reclaim their Pakistani nationalities however that they have been ‘unwilling’ to take action.
A brand new hard-hitting report launched this week concluded that no less than 96 males who pose a possible threat to kids 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 have been secured, the damning 173-page paper slammed police and council bosses for failing to behave on early studies of grooming.
A Home Office spokesperson mentioned they may not touch upon particular person instances however added in a press release: ‘The disgraceful failures in Rochdale mustn’t ever occur once more. That’s why we’ve arrange a devoted Taskforce of specialist officers to deal with grooming gangs, serving to forces goal those that prey on younger folks and convey them to justice, and can introduce obligatory reporting for adults working with younger folks if somebody of their care is being sexually abused.
‘We know we should do extra to guard susceptible kids and our new Criminal Justice Bill will look to additional defend victims and ensure grooming gangs and their leaders face the hardest potential sentences.’