Passengers complained about deportation of Yaqub Ahmed, 29, who is convicted gang rapist

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Yaqub Ahmed, 29, was on a Turkish Airlines flight from Heathrow to Turkey and being booted out of the country when passengers demanded officials halt his deportation before take-off. One passenger shouts: “They’re separating him from his family.” Others yell “take him off the plane”, “take him out” and “he is going to die”, with passengers unaware of Ahmed’s violent past. Exasperated security officials eventually gave up after they were unable to calm passengers down.

But it has emerged Ahmed and three others were convicted after attacking a 16-year-old girl in August, 2007. Another member of the gang, Ondogo Ahmed, is reported to have later travelled to Syria to fight for Islamic Sate where he is believed to have been killed. In a video taken inside the plane, Ahmed is heard screaming and complained he was being separated from his family. Ahmed, from north London, was led off the plane in handcuffs and nodded his thanks to passengers who had backed him to loud applause from some.

The sentences given out by the Judge reflect the seriousness of this offence. The streets of Islington and the West End are undoubtedly safer as a result of these convictions Police DC Emma Bird after rape gang jailed

Ahmed’s victim was lured back to a flat and gang-raped by three of the men after being separated from friends during a night out in London’s west end in 2007. The evil gang was snared after neighbours heard the victim’s screams and called police. Four men were jailed in 2008 at Wood Green Crown Court for a total of 62 years over the rape. During the trial, it was revealed Ahmed and his cohorts made regular trips to the West End to pick up women and take them back to the flat in Crouch End, North London.

Evil gang rape member Ondogo Ahmed jailed then fled to Syria to fight for ISIS, where he was killed

Speaking after the trial, Detective Constable Emma Bird said: "I very much wish to thank the victim for attending court. "Having been through such a horrendous ordeal, she was extremely brave and gave excellent evidence in court. "The sentences given out by the Judge reflect the seriousness of this offence. “The streets of Islington and the West End are undoubtedly safer as a result of these convictions."