A Pakistani paedophile has won a legal battle amid his fight to stay in the UK after arguing he can't be deported.

Child sex offender Jamil Ahmed said he should not be sent back to the nation of his birth because he is worried he will be persecuted there.

His crimes were publicised in his home country and therefore he might face punishment on his return.

Ahmed - who molested multiple teenage girls in Britain - said his crimes were published in newspapers in Pakistan and as a result he could be prosecuted there or attacked by 'religious fanatics'.

He has managed to dodge deportation and remain in Scotland since 2008 when he was convicted of abusing a teenage girl, despite being convicted of a similar offence again in 2013.