Overview
- Mircea Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, led a Dundee network that groomed, drugged and exploited vulnerable women and received a 24-year extended sentence, including 20 years in custody and four on licence.
- Sky News reporting cited in multiple outlets says Home Office staff gave him a voluntary return form offering £1,500 in August 2024 while he was on remand at HMP Perth awaiting trial for 10 rapes.
- The Home Office did not remove him at that time because of the pending court case, according to the reports.
- His EU Settlement Scheme status, due to expire during proceedings, was automatically renewed and has since been revoked, with a Home Office spokesman stating a deportation order would remove the right to remain.
- Four associates — Christian Urlateanu, Alexandra Bugonea, Remus Stan and Cataline Dobre — were also convicted of serious sexual offences following the Police Scotland investigation.