Ahmed Farah, 27, came to UK from Somalia in 1991 with older brother Mo

While Mo became a top athlete and an Olympic hero, Ahmed went to jail

Now Ahmed is threatened with deportation to the anarchy of Somalia

Mo Farah is set to lead Team GB's Olympic heroes on a parade through Manchester and London later this month but his outcast brother Ahmed is facing deportation to Somalia.

The two brothers came to Britain as children in 1991 but they have trod very different paths and while Mo is a hero and a proud symbol of multi-cultural Britain, his younger brother is the black sheep of the family.

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Ahmed, now 27, was just two when he came to Britain with his eight-year-old brother.

Mo Farah celebrates winning the Men's 5000m final at the Olympics in Rio earlier this month. His brother Ahmed said: 'Mo and I do not see each other now or speak. Of course I am incredibly proud of what he has done'

Mo was a talented athlete and highly focused. He is now based in the US, where he has a wife and four kids and has made a fortune from commercial endorsements.

After leaving school Ahmed worked in a warehouse but his life turned sour when he was jailed in 2011 for four-and-a-half years for false imprisonment after an incident involving a knife in Southall, west London.

He was released early but has been told he faces deportation as he never obtained full British citizenship.

Ahmed told the Daily Mirror: 'I wasn't a horrible person. I made a hell of a mistake and now I'm paying with my life.

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'My lifestyle was bad. I was hyperactive, I used to drink, but you can't blame stuff on alcohol. I've just got to put my hands up and say that mistake happened, it's never going to happen again. Prison has made me a better person.'

Earlier this month Mo grabbed gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres for the second successive Games.

But Ahmed was not watching and has given up hope of seeing his estranged brother.

The boy done good: Mo Farah now lives in Portland, Oregon, and has a twin brother, Hassan, who still lives in Somalia

'Mo and I do not see each other now or speak. Of course I am incredibly proud of what he has done and I am sure he will go on to achieve even more,' he said.

Ahmed, who lives in west London with another brother Mahad, said: 'I can't go back to where Mo and I were born – it is too dangerous. I am afraid for my life. I have no roots in Somalia. People would kill me, because I'm different.'

Islamist insurgents al-Shabaab control large parts of Somalia and Ahmed fears he could fall foul of their extreme form of Sharia law.

'I'm going to stick out like a sore thumb. I'm a Muslim and I pray, and I keep faith in God, but things like my tattoos are forbidden under Sharia law,' said Ahmed.

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Another brother, Omar, was jailed in 2014 for attempting to burgle an elderly couple's home.