No deportation for Muslim Serial Rapist as UK Immigration let him get away

A convicted rapist is on the run after escaping security guards at the Pakistan High Commission in London days before he was due to be deported.

Imtiaz Hussain, 44, had been transported from prison, where he was serving a nine-year sentence for rape, to the Pakistan High Commission to get a new passport in preparation for his deportation.

But the serial rapist gave immigration officials the slip, escaping through a window after claiming he needed the toilet.

He was last seen running along Sloane Square.

Police have now launched an nationwide manhunt for the sex attacker said to be 'very dangerous' and a 'serious threat to women'.

The failed asylum seeker was convicted on May 14, 2004 of rape and false imprisonment after attacking two prostitutes at knife-point in March of that year.

He was jailed for nine years, but after serving half of that his sentence expired last week.

But Hussain was still being held in a prison in the north of England pending his deportation to Pakistan.

Last Thursday he was transported in a secure prison van to Colnbrook immigration removal centre in Slough.

The following day he was escorted by immigration officials to the Pakistan High Commission in Victoria for his appointment about a replacement passport.

He was due to be sent back to prison following the interview, but he escaped at 2.30pm on Friday.

Scotland Yard is now liaising with police officers in Derbyshire, where he last lived.

At his trial at Derby Crown Court, the jury heard Hussain had threatened two women with a knife, beaten and raped them when they refused to do what he wanted.

Sentencing him, Judge David Pugsley said: 'You have perpetrated two rapes in circumstances which were horrific.'

Yesterday Detective Chief Inspector Brent Lancaster said: 'This individual is believed to very dangerous and we need to apprehend him as soon as possible.

'If anyone sees him, please don't approach him but call or alert police immediately.'

Hussain is described as around 5ft 5ins, of medium to chubby build, with dark cropped hair, and was wearing a blue T-shirt, blue jeans and white trainers.

David Wood, head of Criminality and Detention for the UK Border Agency said: 'A 44-year-old Pakistani male has absconded whilst on an escorted visit to the High Commission in London.

'Police were immediately informed. His details have been placed on the Police National Computer and watch-lists.

'We are actively searching for this individual to return him in to custody and remove him from the UK.'

Thus we find ANOTHER serial rapist is back on the streets of England.