Robert Jenrick rages after notorious Rochdale rape gang ringleader dodges deportation

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Robert Jenrick has urged Andy Burnham to act on his words after the Labour leadership favourite suggested he would encourage deporting foreign criminals. It comes after the ringleader of the notorious Rochdale grooming gang has walked free from prison today after being sentenced to serve a 19-year sentence for the rape and sexual abuse of young girls. Shabir Ahmed, 73, was among nine men in the Rochdale grooming gang trial convicted of a decade of offences against five girls but is now returning to Britain's streets after avoiding deportation due to a legal loophole. Ahmed once held dual British-Pakistani citizenship, but was stripped of the former following his 2012 conviction, alongside two other gang members, Qari Abdul Rauf and Adil Khan. The criminal dodged deportation back to Pakistan due to provisions under the Immigration Act 1971 – which protects arrivals to the UK prior to 1973, and who have lived here for at least five years. Speaking on GB News, the Reform UK Shadow Ch

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