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Grooming Gang Rapist Defies Deportation

Unbelievable!!🤬How has this been allowed to happen?  Qari Abdul Rauf has been represented by tax-funded human rights lawyers (that we all pay for) who subsequently took the case to the ECHR.His lawyers argued that Rauf is stateless' having renounced his Pakistani citizenship and deportation would breach his right to private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights.'Rochdale rape gang ringleader's VERY comfortable life in Britain a decade after he was released and told he'd be deportedThe ringleader of an Asian grooming gang is still living in the town where he committed his horrific crimes - almost a decade after he was released from jail and told he would be deported.MailOnline can reveal the 55-year-old has been working for a takeaway delivery app, prompting fears he might meet one of his victims during the course of his work.He is among nine members of the Rochdale grooming gang who were jailed for raping and trafficking young children across England in 2012.Rauf was told he would be deported to Pakistan in 2014 after serving two and half years of a six-year prison sentence.The presence of the former taxi driver adds fuel to the fire over demands that the Government hold a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.Rauf, who was stripped of his UK citizenship, was told he would be sent back to Pakistan following his release in November 2014.Immigration Tribunal judges have twice rejected his appeal against deportation in 2020 and 2022.However his lawyers argued Rauf is 'stateless' after him having renounced his Pakistani citizenship (crafty and effective), and deportation would breach his right to private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights.'https://mol.im/a/14258565

Sue Hammond ● 64d7 Comments

"Margaret Thatcher made repeated attempts to get Jimmy Savile knighted – despite pleas from concerned aides.Former Prime Minister made four attempts to appoint disgraced presenter to knighthood before succeeding in 1990."Jonathan BrownIndependent Wednesday 17 July 2013 19:57https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/margaret-thatcher-made-repeated-attempts-to-get-jimmy-savile-knighted-despite-pleas-from-concerned-aides-8713407.html

David Ainsworth ● 64d

"Can't be bothered to unpick the errors in these posts as we're not doing fact checking any more."The zone is flooding.

David Ainsworth ● 64d

"He is among nine members of the Rochdale grooming gang who were jailed for raping and trafficking young children across England in 2012.Rauf was told he would be deported to Pakistan in 2014 after serving two and half years of a six-year prison sentence.""In 2008 Starmer became Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), holding these positions until 2013." NOTE 2013So, you show Rauf was jailed in 2012 (so under Starmer as you write), and not deported to Pakistan in 2014 (so NOT under Starmer as you tell me). ------------------------------"Mr Starmer was head of the CPS when the decision was made not to prosecute Savile but he was not the reviewing lawyer for the case. An official investigation commissioned later by Starmer criticised both prosecutors and police for their handling of the allegations."https://fullfact.org/online/keir-starmer-prosecute-jimmy-savile/Munira Mirza: Boris Johnson's policy chief quits over PM's use of Jimmy Savile 'slur' against Sir Keir StarmerIn her resignation letter to Boris Johnson, Munira Mirza writes: "I believe it was wrong for you to imply this week that Keir Starmer was personally responsible for allowing Jimmy Savile to escape justice. There was no fair or reasonable basis for that assertion."Greg Heffer Sky NewsPolitical reporter @GregHefferThursday 3 February 2022 18:36, UK---------BBC Jimmy Savile scandal: Chances to prosecute 'were missed'Published11 January 2013  (Twelve years ago)"Sussex Police received a complaint in March 2008 that Savile had sexually assaulted a woman in a caravan in Sussex in 1970.This was passed on to Surrey Police, who consulted with the CPS about all four allegations but decided in October 2009 no prosecution could be brought because the victims would not support police action.Ms Levitt found Surrey Police did not tell the victims other complaints had been made.The victims told Ms Levitt that if they had known others were making complaints they probably would have been prepared to give evidence in court.Surrey Police Assistant Chief Constable Jerry Kirkby said: "At the time, there was nothing to suggest the level of offending now being reported on a national scale."""no prosecution could be brought because the victims would not support police action."

David Ainsworth ● 64d

Can't be bothered to unpick the errors in these posts as we're not doing fact checking any more. Why would a good lawyer settle for legal aid rates when as a good corporate lawyer their hourly rate could match the daily rate of a competent IT consultant?

Michael Ixer ● 64d

'So the Tories had 9 years to sort this out, did they?But now it is more useful'.Puerile comment as one might expect.This just shows - a) how genuine political refugees can gain deserved protection from our laws.b) how evil b*stards' can take advantage of it and make fools of us by spinning the process out.c) how I am sure no one would want to be a corporate lawyer as there is more work and more (public) money to be made in defending the 'rights' of criminals like him, protected as they are by those trying to rid us of him fearful of being called 'racist'.Oh, wasn't Starmer a 'human rights' lawyer ?Just hope he delivers your vindaloo tonight as you can pat him on the back and give him a big tip.

John Hawkes ● 64d

As Head Honcho of the Prosecutions Services Starmer had the responsibility and the power to deal with this very serious issue, but he did not. Was that failure incompetence or a complicity of silence to quell possible racial tensions. In 2008 Starmer became Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), holding these positions until 2013. Another famous failure.Starmer was head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) when the decision not to prosecute Savile was made on the grounds of “insufficient evidence”.

Sue Hammond ● 64d

"Rauf was told he would be deported to Pakistan in 2014 after serving two and half years of a six-year prison sentence.The presence of the former taxi driver adds fuel to the fire over demands that the Government hold a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal."So the Tories had 9 years to sort this out, did they? But now it is more useful.

David Ainsworth ● 64d