Grooming gang ringleader builds new home in Pakistan after £285k taxpayer handout amid deportation battle Rauf was part of a nine-member Asian gang

(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.

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