Nigel Farage hits out at 'cover-up' of alleged rape by Afghan asylum seekers as Reform UK council leader says he 'begged' for release of arrested men's immigration status
The Reform UK leader said it was 'absolutely disgraceful' that information about the men's background was not revealed to the public.
It came after George Finch, the Reform leader of Warwickshire County Council, said he had been 'begging' for information about the immigration status of the alleged offenders in Nuneaton to be released.
Speaking at a press conference in central London, Mr Farage said the immigration status of those who are charged with alleged offences should be routinely released.
He also demanded that those who enter the UK illegally should not be 'free to roam the streets' and 'should be detained ahead of them being deported'.
Mr Farage denied that releasing the names, addresses and imigration status of those charged with offences risked unrest on Britain's streets.
He claimed that last summer's riots, in the wake of the Southport riots, was caused by the public not immediately being told the status of the attacker.
He said this 'led to crazy conspiracy theories spreading online'.
Mr Farage spoke this morning as he welomed Rupert Matthews, the police and crime commissioner for Leicestershire, to Reform.
Mr Matthews has defected from the Tories to join Mr Farage's party.
He has been a police and crime commissioner since 2021, and served as an MEP for the East Midlands for the Conservatives between 2017 and 2019.
At the weekend, Warwickshire Police said two men were charged in connection with the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.
Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, was arrested on July 26 and charged the next day with rape, according to the force.
He appeared at Coventry Magistrates' Court on Monday and has been remanded in custody.
Mohammad Kabir, 23, was arrested in Nuneaton on Thursday and charged with kidnap, strangulation and aiding and abetting rape of a girl under 13, the force added.
He appeared at Coventry Magistrates' Court on Saturday and has been remanded in custody.
Mulakhil and Kabir will both appear at Warwick Crown Court on August 26.
Officers are appealing to anyone who was in the Cheveral Street area between 8.30pm and 9.45pm on July 22 and may have seen anything of interest to come forward by calling 101 and quoting incident number 418 of July 22.
Warwickshire Police did not deny Mulakhil and Kabir are asylum seekers, as revealed by the Mail On Sunday.
In a statement, the force said that once someone is charged with an offence, they follow national guidance, which 'does not include sharing ethnicity or immigration status'.
The force said: 'Our neighbourhood officers work every day with local community partners.
'When something significant happens, we brief these partners and local elected officials on the circumstances of the crime, the investigation, the work being undertaken to arrest those responsible and how local people and partners can help a concerned community.
'Where relevant, sensitive information around locations, details of the crime and policing activity to catch offenders can be shared, with a warning that this is sensitive or confidential information and disclosure by those being briefed could affect future court hearings.
'We work to hold offenders to account and will always do everything in our power to present a robust case to the courts and protect the integrity of court proceedings.
'Once someone is charged with an offence, we follow national guidance. This guidance does not include sharing ethnicity or immigration status.'
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