Rochdale Grooming Gang Still Roaming Streets, MP Furious
Three notorious grooming gang members jailed in 2012 for horrific attacks in Rochdale are still roaming free — sparking outrage and calls for urgent action.
Convicted Trio Dodging Deportation Since 2018
Qari Abdul Rauf, Abdul Aziz, and Adil Khan were sentenced to between six and nine years for targeting girls as young as 13 in one of the UK’s worst grooming scandals. All three, Pakistani nationals, have been facing deportation since 2018 after failing to keep their British citizenship. Yet years on, they remain in the country.
MP Slams ‘Grossly Unacceptable Inaction’ from Government
Rochdale Labour MP Tony Lloyd blasted the Home Office for its “grossly unacceptable inaction”. The anger grew after Rauf, now 51, was reportedly spotted casually shopping in Rochdale, filling a trolley with drinks and carrying a takeaway bag.
“It’s unthinkable that victims might bump into these men on the street,” Lloyd said. “We’ve heard empty promises from successive home secretaries for years.”
Home Office Promises to Update Victims
A Home Office spokesman admitted the case was “one of the biggest stains on our country’s conscience” and confirmed the offenders’ cases were recently reviewed. They pledged to “update the victims through the proper channels when we can,” but gave no timeline for deportation.
The trio were part of a gang of nine convicted for raping and trafficking girls, some forced into sex slavery in Oldham and Rochdale. Victims were as young as 13, traded between men who paid for sex.
The ongoing failure to deport these foreigners has left victims and local MPs outraged, demanding swift and decisive government action to finally bring closure.
