Rochdale escort ringleader ‘can’t be fired’

In the year He was one of nine men accused of committing crimes against five girls over a 19-year period at the Rochdale Grooming Gang trial at Liverpool Crown Court in 2012.

Police say up to 50 girls may have been victims of the gang, with many from “messy”, “council estates”.

Judge Gerald Clifton said the victims were not part of the gang’s community or religion and were treated “as worthless and without any dignity”.

Greater Manchester Police said at the time there was no “racial or cultural element” to the crimes.

A report later confirmed that the police did not act despite several concerns. He said there had been “serious failings” by police and local authorities.

Ahmed’s case follows a similar legal battle by two other gang members, Qari Abdul Rauf and Adil Khan.

Both were stripped of their British citizenship in 2022 after a long legal battle that went all the way to the Court of Appeal.

Both have claimed their human rights under Article Eight of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to private and family life – to avoid deportation.

The Home Office did not say whether either man had been deported.

A Home Office spokesman said: “Ahmed’s appalling crimes were at the center of a gang scandal that represents one of the darkest periods in our country’s history.

“The most vulnerable are those who have been abused and exploited by vicious child rapists, and they should be exposed to the full force of the law.”

Ahmed said he would have to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life and any breach of his license conditions would result in “immediate arrest”.