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

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