Mustaque was born and raised in North Tyneside, attending schools in Whitley Bay and Tynemouth, then graduated in practicing Law from Northumbria University.

Former Crown Prosecutor, he spent 10 years in the Crown Prosecution Service in Northumbria and 3 years legal adviser to Magistrates in the north east.

Mustaque Rahman has prosecuted cases such as complex frauds, extradition, violent assaults including murder, thefts, burglaries etc.

Mustaque is a Northerner through and through who has first-hand lived experience of the challenges the Northumbria Police Force face and that of the challenges the North East has faced, namely during the almost two decades of Tory austerity measures, the decline
and demise of the Police Force due to the unfair and cruel funding cuts for the force to deal with every day policing matters!

Mustaque understands the importance of policing, has lived experience of suffering hate crime, has witnessed the increase of crimes, including knife crime, violence against women and girls and anti-social behaviours and unlike other candidates has lived experience and understands the root causes of crime, therefore, is best placed to implement and action changes to better manage ‘every day policing’.