Rochdale gang leader Shabir Ahmed, 73, was released from HMP Leeds on Thursday after serving just 14 years of the 22-year sentence handed to him in 2012 for the crime of 30 child rape 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.

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.

The release of Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed has reignited anger over a legal loophole that prevents his deportation despite serious sexual offence convictions.

Amid mounting fury that Shabir Ahmed - who was freed from jail today - cannot be deported to Pakistan, disturbing new detail can now be revealed about the potential risk posed by…

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is exploring all possible options to deport vile Shabir Ahmed, 73, who led a Rochdale grooming gang, after he was released from prison on Thursday

The government says the Home Secretary is looking at ways to deport the leader of a child grooming gang who was let out of prison today.

Exclusive: Shabir Ahmed, jailed in 2012 for rape, abuse and trafficking of girls, was deemed three years ago to present ‘high risk of sexual offending’

Mr Ahmed was released from HMP Leeds on Thursday after serving just 14 years of his 22-year sentence for the crime of 30 child rape offences.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer asks home secretary to review Ahmed’s case following calls for his deportation from the UK.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer asks home secretary to review Shabbir Ahmed’s case following calls for his deportation from the UK.

‘PM-in-waiting’ Burnham among those calling for Shabbir Ahmed’s deportation

The UK government is facing a fresh hurdle in its bid to deport Shabir Ahmed, one of the ringleaders of the Rochdale child grooming gang, after Pakistan reportedly refused to…

Rochdale gang leader Shabir Ahmed, 73, was released from HMP Leeds on Thursday after serving just 14 years of the 22-year sentence handed to him in 2012 for the crime of 30 child…

Ahmed - who was stripped of his British citizenship in 2016 - was freed from prison last week after serving 14 of his 22-year long sentence for multiple counts of rape and sexual…

Labour is considering bringing emergency legislation to deport the Pakistan-born ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang.