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As a result of the CPS dropping the case, the police halted their investigation, which was resumed when a second girl made complaints of a similar nature in December 2009. The CPS original decision was overturned in 2011 when a new chief prosecutor for the region, Nazir Afzal, a first generation British Pakistani, was appointed.

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Four of the convicted Shabir Ahmed, Adil Khan, Abdul Rauf and Abdul Aziz who had dual British and Pakistani citizenships had their British citizenships revoked by then Home Secretary Theresa May in order for them to be deported to Pakistan. May stated the revocations were to the public good

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Reaction and public debate: The case raised a serious debate about whether the crimes were racially motivated. Suggestions emerged that police and social work departments failed to act when details of the gang emerged for fear of appearing racist, and vulnerable while teenagers being groomed by Pakistani men were ignored. About a dozen more cases involving Asian Muslims in Northern England were investigated. A report by the deputy children commissioner canada goose outlet trillium parka black in 2012 said that 90% of child sex abuse by gangs in Britain was committed by British Asian, where Asians are 7% of the population, but concluded that it was to dwell on the data.

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