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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

Rochdale grooming gang ringleader cannot be deported, victims told

Shabir Ahmed with a grey mustache looks directly at the camera in a police identification photograph
Shabir Ahmed was convicted of multiple counts of rape and sexual offences against girls as young as 12. Photograph: Greater Manchester police/PA

The ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang is due to be released from prison this week and cannot be deported from the country, his victims have been told.

Shabir Ahmed, 73, known to his victims as “Daddy”, was convicted of multiple counts of rape and sexual offences against girls in 2012.

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