The UK government will change the law so that gang leaders who organize can be deported

The BBC has been told that the Home Secretary will change the law to allow the leader of the Rochdale gang to be deported.

As first reported by the Telegraph, Shabana Mahmud She is expected to announce on Monday how she plans to amend the 1971 Immigration Act, which would currently stop the removal of Shabir Ahmed from the UK.

It was 73-year-old Ahmed. In August 2012, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison For several child sex crimes, including rape. he was. It was released on license last week.

Ahmed, known as “Daddy” to his victims, held dual British-Pakistani citizenship but was stripped of his previous convictions in 2012.

At the time of his release, the victims were told that any Commonwealth nationals who entered the UK before 1973 and stayed in the country for five years could not be deported to Pakistan due to the 55-year-old Immigration Act.

After his release from prison, Ahmed was sent to a 24-hour shelter and fitted with an electronic GPS tracking tag.

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