Kabeer Hassan

The independent 2024 review found compelling evidence of widespread organised sexual exploitation in Rochdale between 2004 and 2012 and serious failures by statutory bodies. It notably confirmed the institutional context in which the original complaint against Hassan had not led to prosecution in 2009.

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The First-tier Tribunal dismissed Hassan's appeal against the 2021 decision, considering notably that the Home Office delay and absence of prior representations did not make the decision unlawful.

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The Upper Tribunal held it irrational to conclude that the Home Office had acted diligently despite an error delaying proceedings by five years. It also emphasised the importance of Hassan having been denied an opportunity to make representations. The First-tier Tribunal decision was set aside and Hassan's appeal allowed.

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Directly implicated

Three survivors of the Rochdale grooming gangs obtained apologies and damages from Greater Manchester Police after alleging that the force had breached their rights by failing to protect them, notably through shortcomings in recording, investigating and prosecuting offences. Hassan was among those convicted in the historical case.

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On 20 January 2021, the Home Secretary decided to deprive Hassan of British citizenship under Section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981. He had not been invited to make representations before the decision.

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Further checks in 2020 established for the first time in the Home Office file that Hassan also held Pakistani nationality through his parents. The authorities then considered that deprivation of British citizenship would not render him stateless.

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When reviewing the status of co-defendants, the Home Office examined Hassan's case but wrongly concluded that he could not be deprived of British citizenship. An internal note dated 17 December 2015 stated that he was British by birth and that his case could therefore be conceded.

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Following the convictions, Greater Manchester Police and the CPS acknowledged failures in handling the first complaint against Hassan and the other suspect. An IPCC-supervised investigation examined the initial response.

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Hassan became subject to indefinite sex offender notification requirements; he was also subject to the general order permanently disqualifying him from working with children and placing him on the barred list.

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In 2009, the CPS decided not to prosecute Hassan and another man, considering that the complainant might not be regarded as credible, despite approximately six hours of video testimony and DNA evidence collected during the investigation.

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After a teenage girl reported abuse in August 2008, Kabeer Hassan and Shabir Ahmed were arrested. They denied the allegations and were released on bail pending the investigation's results.

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