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20/04/2010
Illegal Immigrant Paedophile Stays In UK
A paedophile who abducted underage girls for sex can't be deported because of his human rights.
Zulfar Hussain, 48, was to be deported after spending almost three years behind bars for "shocking" attacks on two vulnerable teens.
But an immigration judge has ruled he can stay in the UK after the sex offender mounted a legal challenge.
Hussain won the appeal against his deportation on the grounds that he has a wife and child here, meaning it would breach his right to enjoy and respect his family life.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw - in whose constituency some of the abuse took place - today backed a new bid to kick Hussain out, while a campaigner for the deportation of foreign criminals branded the decision to let him stay 'appalling'.
A Home Office spokesman confirmed that they are seeking to appeal the decision to allow him "leave to remain", saying: "We always seek to remove those foreign nationals who break the law, focusing on the serious offenders as a priority."
Hussain and accomplice Qaiser Naveed, 34, were jailed after being found guilty of plying the two girls with booze and ecstasy before having sex with them in the back of a car.
The Pakistani nationals were both sent to prison for five years and eight months after being found guilty of child abduction, sexual activity with a child and supplying youngsters with ecstasy.
The appeal means Hussain is likely to be sent to a secure immigration removal centre on his release in a few weeks.
His family moved following his imprisonment, but former neighbours in Blackburn said he would not be welcome back.
"No one wants a paedophile living on their street," said one.
(LB/BMcC)
Zulfar Hussain, 48, was to be deported after spending almost three years behind bars for "shocking" attacks on two vulnerable teens.
But an immigration judge has ruled he can stay in the UK after the sex offender mounted a legal challenge.
Hussain won the appeal against his deportation on the grounds that he has a wife and child here, meaning it would breach his right to enjoy and respect his family life.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw - in whose constituency some of the abuse took place - today backed a new bid to kick Hussain out, while a campaigner for the deportation of foreign criminals branded the decision to let him stay 'appalling'.
A Home Office spokesman confirmed that they are seeking to appeal the decision to allow him "leave to remain", saying: "We always seek to remove those foreign nationals who break the law, focusing on the serious offenders as a priority."
Hussain and accomplice Qaiser Naveed, 34, were jailed after being found guilty of plying the two girls with booze and ecstasy before having sex with them in the back of a car.
The Pakistani nationals were both sent to prison for five years and eight months after being found guilty of child abduction, sexual activity with a child and supplying youngsters with ecstasy.
The appeal means Hussain is likely to be sent to a secure immigration removal centre on his release in a few weeks.
His family moved following his imprisonment, but former neighbours in Blackburn said he would not be welcome back.
"No one wants a paedophile living on their street," said one.
(LB/BMcC)
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