Deporting the Rochdale ringleader isn’t the answer

Deportation is not the answer (Picture: PA / Getty)Shabana Mahmood is looking to change the law so the Rochdale grooming gang ringleader, British-Pakistani Shabir Ahmed, can be deported.In 2012, Ahmed was jailed for 22 years following the rape, abuse and trafficking of over 50 girls, after the Rochdale case was finally uncovered. Almost 14 years on, however, Ahmed has recently been released on license and is now in 24 hour staffed accommodation, wearing a GPS electronically monitored tag.P