Sex offender deported

A PAKISTANI national convicted of child sex offences in Britain has been deported, the Home Office said yesterday.

Zulfqar Hussain, 50, was jailed in August 2007 after admitting sexual activity with a minor, detaining a child without lawful authority and possession of drugs with intent to supply.

He was sentenced to five years and eight months by a judge at Preston Crown Court and served with a deportation order in December 2009. He was also given a sexual offences prevention order for life.

Hussain, who moved to Britain in the early 1990s, failed to beat a deportation order on human rights ground, claiming he should be allowed to stay in Britain with his wife and three children. His bid to remain failed and he was deported to Pakistan by the UK Border Agency.

Immigration minister Damian Green said: “We will not accept foreign nationals like Zulfqar Hussain breaking our laws.”