Shabir Ahmed was convicted of 30 rape offenses against girls as young as 12 in Rochdale in 2012
Pakistani-born Shabir Ahmed, a rape gang ringleader recently released in the UK after serving a prison term for dozens of child sex offenses, committed his crimes because of his upbringing in England, Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi said on Thursday.
The 73-year-old, who first entered the UK as a teenager, was a leading figure in the Rochdale grooming gang, which sexually abused and trafficked British girls as young as 12 in the Greater Manchester borough during the 2000s.
Ahmed was released from prison under supervision in early…
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