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| Rochdale child rapist extradited from Pakistan | Rochdale child rapist extradited from Pakistan |
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| A man who fled the country to avoid a 19-year jail sentence for raping a teenage girl in Rochdale has been extradited from Pakistan. | A man who fled the country to avoid a 19-year jail sentence for raping a teenage girl in Rochdale has been extradited from Pakistan. |
| Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain, 42, was convicted with nine others who committed serious sexual offences against young girls in the town. | |
| Hussain, of Mayfield Terrace, went on the run during his 2015 trial after attending a family funeral. | Hussain, of Mayfield Terrace, went on the run during his 2015 trial after attending a family funeral. |
| He was arrested last year in the Punjab and has now been flown home. | He was arrested last year in the Punjab and has now been flown home. |
| Hussain was held in prison while extradition hearings took place. | Hussain was held in prison while extradition hearings took place. |
| He was jailed in his absence for 19 years by a judge at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court for rape, sexual activity with a child and conspiracy to rape. | He was jailed in his absence for 19 years by a judge at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court for rape, sexual activity with a child and conspiracy to rape. |
| It followed an investigation by Greater Manchester Police, code-named Operation Doublet, which looked into the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rochdale. | It followed an investigation by Greater Manchester Police, code-named Operation Doublet, which looked into the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rochdale. |
| Most of the offences took place between 2004 and 2008 and involved victims who were aged 13 to 23. | Most of the offences took place between 2004 and 2008 and involved victims who were aged 13 to 23. |
| A teenage girl, raped by all 10 men, contacted police after the 2012 convictions of nine Asian men for grooming white girls in the town. | A teenage girl, raped by all 10 men, contacted police after the 2012 convictions of nine Asian men for grooming white girls in the town. |
| Det Ch Insp Jamie Daniels said: "Hussain is a sexual predator who mistakenly thought he could flee to another country to live the good life, while his victim was forced to deal with the consequences of his vile actions and robbed of justice. | Det Ch Insp Jamie Daniels said: "Hussain is a sexual predator who mistakenly thought he could flee to another country to live the good life, while his victim was forced to deal with the consequences of his vile actions and robbed of justice. |
| "His apprehension demonstrates that when it comes to pursuing perpetrators of child sexual exploitation, we will hunt them across the globe if necessary." | "His apprehension demonstrates that when it comes to pursuing perpetrators of child sexual exploitation, we will hunt them across the globe if necessary." |
| Dr Christian Turner, from the British High Commission in Islamabad, said Hussain's extradition "shows there is no escape for those who flee from the law". | Dr Christian Turner, from the British High Commission in Islamabad, said Hussain's extradition "shows there is no escape for those who flee from the law". |
| He added the rapist "will finally face jail for his terrible crimes". | He added the rapist "will finally face jail for his terrible crimes". |