Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleShabir Ahmed, the ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang, is due to be released from prison this week after serving 14 years for multiple rape and sexual offences. Ahmed, 73, cannot be deported to Pakistan due to specific provisions in the Immigration Act 1971, which state he arrived in the UK before 1973 and lived there for at least five years before deportation was considered. Andy Burnham, a prospective prime minister, has pledged to ask government ministers to "review all possible options" to ensure Ahmed's deportation, emphasising that "nothing is off the table." Upon his release, Ahmed will be on the sex offenders register for life and subject to stringent conditions, including curfews, restriction zones, electronic tagging, and prohibitions on contacting victims or children. The inability to deport individuals convicted of serious child sex offences has generated considerable public anger and political pressure, prompting a national inquiry into grooming gangs earlier this year. In fullAndy Burnham to ask ministers to ‘review all possible options’ as grooming gang ringleader avoids deportationThank 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

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

Shabir Ahmed, 73, was convicted of 30 child rapes and jailed in 2012 to serve concurrent sentences of 19 and 22 years.

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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Shabir Ahmed, 73, is leaving HMP Leeds on Thursday and will begin civilian life in a bail hostel in the north of England, costing taxpayers around £120 a night.