Diplomatic row over Somalian rapist

A Somalian rapist is embroiled in a diplomatic row after passengers prevented him from departing from the UK two years ago. Thirteen years of criminal trials, prison costs and immigration cases by Yaqub Ahmed has already saddled taxpayers with a bill exceeding £300 000. The Daily Mail reports that his victim received just £13 500 in criminal injury compensation. Ahmed was jailed for nine years in 2008 for his part in the rape of a 16-year-old female who had become separated from her friends during a night out in London’s West End. His victim, who has struggled to cope with the complex post traumatic stress disorder triggered by her rape, spoke out last year and pleaded with the Home Office to deport him. In an unusual move, the woman was last week invited to meet Home Secretary Priti Patel who is determined to resolve the matter. Ahmed’s deportation to his native Somalia was dramatically halted when airline passengers staged a mutiny. Unaware of his criminal record, passengers on a Turkish Airlines aircraft demanded security guards remove him from the aircraft at Heathrow after he began screaming.