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Why Britain Cannot Deport Rochdale Grooming Gang Leader Shabir Ahmed — Even After Stripping His Citizenship

A legal loophole from 1971 means the ringleader of the Rochdale child grooming gang, released eight years early and rejected by Pakistan, must remain on UK streets under taxpayer‑funded monitoring. Share The release of Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang, has sent a shockwave through communities across the UK. Ahmed, now in his seventies, walked out of prison around eight years earlier than the full length of his sentence , despite being convicted of some of the most brutal child sexual offences ever brought before a British court. He was supposed to serve decades. Instead, he is back on British streets under licence, fitted with a GPS tag and placed under curfew, but undeniably free. Shabir Ahmed, and Adil Khan, lost their bid to keep British citizenship after a failed 2017 appeal, yet Ahmed was still released in 2026 despite Pakistan refusing to take him back. Full story and image credit: BBC News . For many, the most disturb...

Anguilla: Home of .Ai Caught in a Digital Storm After Fake Video Content Surfaced


The noise around AI has never been louder, and for once it isn’t coming from tech evangelists but from the people being burned by it. Paris Hilton has been one of the most vocal critics, calling deepfake pornography an epidemic and describing it as a new form of victimisation targeting women and girls at scale. 


Her warning lands at a moment when trust in AI tools is already wobbling, especially after the recent backlash against Grok X, whose safeguards against generating explicit deepfakes were reportedly easy to bypass. The conversation is no longer theoretical; it’s happening in real time, to real people, and the consequences are deeply personal.

Even the home of .ai hasn’t escaped the fallout. Anguilla’s own Farrah Banks recently revealed that a video of her had been doctored and circulated without her consent, a violation made worse by the speed and ease with which AI tools can fabricate convincing fakes. The site that posted the manipulated clip, diamondjackets.com, has since removed the video or gone offline entirely, but the damage was already done. 

In the comments beneath her post, Anguilla Focus Magazine added that their logo had been stolen and used by someone leveraging AI—another reminder that the technology doesn’t just target individuals; it erodes the integrity of brands, media, and public trust. So the question becomes unavoidable: is AI a hit or a miss? Right now, it feels like both. 

Editor Rebecca Bird, clear the air in the comments, over logo misuse

The technology itself isn’t inherently malicious—its misuse is. But that nuance doesn’t comfort the people whose faces, voices, or reputations are being hijacked. 

Commenter sharing her experience with deep fake video.

AI can be extraordinary when used responsibly, yet catastrophically harmful when placed in the wrong hands. The real issue isn’t the code; it’s the culture around it, the lack of accountability, and the speed at which bad actors can weaponise it. 

Commenter question whether AI is more harmful than good.

Until regulation catches up and platforms take responsibility, the victims will continue to outnumber the innovators. AI isn’t the villain—but the people misusing it are writing a story that makes it look like one.