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Burnham calls for grooming gang ringleader to be deported
Key takeaways
- GMPImage caption, Shabir Ahmed was the head of a gang which abused girls as young as 12
- Andy Burnham has said he will ask the home and foreign secretaries to "review all possible options" to deport the ringleader of a notorious Rochdale grooming gang.
- Shabir Ahmed is due to be released from jail this week, after being convicted for multiple counts of rape and sexual offences against girls in 2012.
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GMPImage caption, Shabir Ahmed was the head of a gang which abused girls as young as 12
Andy Burnham has said he will ask the home and foreign secretaries to "review all possible options" to deport the ringleader of a notorious Rochdale grooming gang.
Shabir Ahmed is due to be released from jail this week, after being convicted for multiple counts of rape and sexual offences against girls in 2012.
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