Rochdale grooming gang members lose deportation appeal

Two members of the Rochdale grooming gang have lost an appeal against deportation after a seven-year legal battle.

Adil Khan, 51, and Qari Rauf, 52, were told they would be sent back to Pakistan after release from jail for the public good.

They were both convicted of a catalogue of child sex offences in May 2012.

Immigration judges ruled their challenge against deportation on human rights grounds had failed.

The appeal was heard at an immigration tribunal in June with a decision made in August, but judges have only just released their legal ruling.

It stated Khan had shown a “breath-taking lack of remorse” and in his and Rauf’s case there was a “very strong public interest” in them being kicked out of the UK.

Khan had told the hearing he wanted to stay in the UK to be a “role model” for his son.

Both men tried to use human rights laws as reasons not to be removed and said they both had certificates “renouncing” their Pakistani citizenship.

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