The ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang is set to be released from jail this week and cannot be deported

Shabir Ahmed (pictured), 73, a key figure in the Rochdale grooming gangs, is set to be released from prison within a matter of days.

Shabir Ahmed, 73, known to his victims as “Daddy”, was jailed in 2012 for multiple counts of rape and sexual offences against girls in Rochdale, Greater Manchester

If you want to understand why the mainstream parties struggle to gain support, and why Reform is leading the polls, one name will suffice: Shabir Ahmed.

The ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang is set to be released from jail this week and cannot be deported

Labour leader-in-waiting wants to close loophole preventing deportation of sex offender

The prospective prime minister weighed into the row after it emerged that Shabir Ahmed, 73, will be freed from jail on Thursday.

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The impending release of Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed, who cannot be deported because of a decades-old legal provision despite being stripped of British…

Shabir Ahmed, 73, has served 14 years in jail for multiple rape and sexual offences

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