(GB News) A convicted paedophile who led the Rochdale grooming gang has constructed a property in his native Pakistan whilst claiming £285,000 in taxpayer-funded legal aid to fight deportation from Britain.
Qari Abdul Rauf, 55, built the house in his home village of Charhoi in Pakistan-administered Kashmir despite maintaining he has renounced his Pakistani nationality and would be rendered stateless if deported.
The father-of-five was released after serving just two-and-a-half years of a six-year sentence for his role in the sexual assault of 47 girls, some as young as 12.
More than a decade after being told he would be deported following his 2014 release, Rauf continues to reside in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Read more (alt: original source).
