err, no they didn't. only the mosque and the parents knew what he'd done, and he had a perfectly valid passport. legally - at that time - he had every right to re-enter the UK.
not sure how much pressure was put on the parents not to involve the authorities, if any. but if there was, then it represents the thin end of the Sharia Law wedge, where a court permitted by the UK authorities slowly begins to exceed its remit.
I think there may be more to the actions of the people who concealed this crime than it appears. Muslims are instructed to obey the law of their resident land UNLESS that law contravenes the law of Islam – Sharia. It’s quite commonplace within Islam for a man to be let off scot free for the crime of rape since it is deemed the victim ‘tempted’ him. Whether or not this is the stance those people took when they encouraged him to flee British justice, I don’t know – but it’s a thought. They should be prosecuted.
*** boys is an act of homosexuality and in the absurd world of Islam people get thrown off rooftops for that. So why did the 'elders' help him to leave the country in the first place?
Khandro, that's true, but perhaps protecting a 'brother' from the justice of a British court took precedence. I don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least.