Rochdale grooming gang member tells judge he shouldn't be deported because his son needs a role model
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA member of the notorious Rochdale grooming gang told a judge he should not be deported because his son needs a role model. Adil Khan, 51, and Qari Abdul Rauf, 52, have been told they are to be sent back to Pakistan for the public good.
Both were part of a gang convicted of a catalogue of serious sex offences in May 2012. Since being released from jail, they have fought a long legal battle against deportation – mounting multiple legal challenges and appeals – spanning several years on the grounds that deportation would interfere with their human rights.
Khan was sentenced to eight years in and released on licence four years later. He appeared at a final deportation hearing on Wednesday (June 22) to argue he should not be deported.
Judge Charlotte Welsh asked him how his son might be affected if he was deported from the UK. READ MORE:Married GMP officer jailed for trying to rape woman he met in pub Khan, speaking through a Miripuri interpreter, replied: "As you know, the father figure is very important in every culture in the world, to be a role model for the child, to tell him or her right from wrong." Khan also claimed he is not wanted by his family back in Pakistan because his notoriety would be bad for the business they own.
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