LONDON

A LEADING ACCOUNTANT says that Islamic Grooming Gangs could well be entitled to charitable tax status if they can show that what they practice is in the furtherance of their faith and of benefit to its practitioners.

“They simply have to demonstrate their religious purpose and show they provide some kind of public benefit,” says Sir Bernhard Larceny, whose accounting firm – Rogue Trade and Leggit – owns several islands in the Caribbean. “The latter part would be the one where firms like ours come in. We’re expert at parsing law and I can’t see a difficulty in principle, given Islamic views on various societal norms. You accept Islam, you accept its views.”

Sir Bernhard, whose knighthood was a reward for his own charitable contributions to sundry political causes, is a world authority on good works and how to exploit them for personal gain.

“It’s a growing area of practice,” he insists. “Do good that good be done to you.”