Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleHome Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce plans to amend a decades-old law to allow the deportation of Shabir Ahmed, a convicted grooming gang leader. Ahmed, 73, was released last week after serving 14 years of a 19-year sentence for rape and sexual offences against girls, some as young as 12. A 1971 statute currently prevents Ahmed's removal from the UK, as it exempts a small group of Commonwealth citizens who arrived more than 50 years ago. The proposed legal changes could be introduced as fast-tracked legislation or an amendment to the Immigration and Asylum Bill, with a Home Office minister sayig that “all options are on the table”.While Pakistan may not accept Ahmed due to renounced citizenship, No 10 has raised the issue with officials in Islamabad. In fullShabana Mahmood will change law to allow Rochdale grooming gang leader’s deportationMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Mahmood to close legal loophole blocking grooming gang leader’s deportation
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleHome Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce plans to amend a decades-old law to allow the deportation of Shabir Ahmed, a convicted grooming gang leader. Ahmed, 73, was released last week after serving 14 years of a 19-year sentence for rape and sexual offences against girls, some as young as 12. A 1971 statute currently prevents Ahmed's removal from the UK, as it exempts a small group of Commonwealth citizens who arrived more than 50 years ago. The proposed legal changes could be introduced as fast-tracked legislation or an amendment to the Immigration and Asylum Bill, with a Home Office minister sayig that “all options are on the table”.While Pakistan may not accept Ahmed due to renounced citizenship, No 10 has raised the issue with officials in Islamabad. In fullShabana Mahmood will change law to allow Rochdale grooming gang leader’s deportationMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
