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Leeds / West Yorkshire and injustices against women

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breastfeedingclownfish · 01/10/2018 08:59

Time and time again, injustices and crimes against women and girls occur in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Can we compile a list here? Obviously there's Saville and Mesmac, the enabling of prostitution on the streets, West Yorkshire Police going after Posie. And Rotherham.

Leeds is also the home of Mermaids, and it was Susie Green who made the complaint about Posie to West Yorkshire police, for being 'deliberately truthful' about Susie travelling to Thailand in order for her 16 years old child to have sexual reassignment surgery.

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Popchyk · 01/10/2018 12:03

Sue Pascoe has recently been made a director at Mesmac.

beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02958336/filing-history

Popchyk · 01/10/2018 12:00

August 2018

Mesmac calls halt to work with young men and boys at risk of sexual exploitation after Charity Commission investigates.

A Leeds charity has ended its “targeted work” with young men and boys at risk of sexual exploitation after concerns were raised about its safeguarding procedures.

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/trouble-hit-leeds-charity-calls-halt-to-work-with-young-men-and-boys-at-risk-of-sexual-exploitation-1-9319354

TigerDrankAllTheWaterInTheTap · 01/10/2018 11:55

Sue Pascoe is from North Yorkshire.www.barcroft.tv/former-hunt-master-sue-pascoe-transgender-journey Sue was recently appointed as an inclusion adviser to Channel 4. Sue is a Tory activist. The invaluable R0wan probably has more information about Sue as there was quite a lot of reaction here to that appointment, as I recall.

Popchyk · 01/10/2018 11:54

January 2018.

Heathcliffe Bowen, 50, was imprisoned for five years for sexual offences against young boys. He had been a trustee for four years at Yorkshire Mesmac.

www.thirdsector.co.uk/regulator-contacts-charity-former-trustee-convicted-child-sex-offences/governance/article/1455942

NewWomensMovement · 01/10/2018 11:39

Consenting Adults Action Network - basically a pro sex industry, pro BDSM group who use disabled people as human shields.

vaginafetishist · 01/10/2018 11:26

CAAN

vaginafetishist · 01/10/2018 11:25

What is CAN?

ShimmyShimmyYa · 01/10/2018 11:22

oh goodness, NewWomen, when did that happen?

NewWomensMovement · 01/10/2018 10:55

How about MNs own Emma coming from Leeds Uni to intern at Mumsnet, take screenshots of the system back end, then posted on the Internet slagging off Mumsnet and all who sail in her. Massively freaking out anyone who could be put at risk of harm by doxxing.

Sarahjconnor · 01/10/2018 10:47

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NewWomensMovement · 01/10/2018 10:45

Years ago I reported a pro-prostitution blog to the police online because the writer boasted that the local police came in for 'freebies' to their brothel in Leeds. The writer of the piece moves in the CAAN circle (like Jane Fae, Roz Kaveney).

I checked the blog about a week later and the offending section had been silently removed. That was creepy.

2BorNot2Bvocal · 01/10/2018 10:41

Warning TRIGGERING

School flagged up when this child was age 13.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/how-100-men-were-able-to-prey-on-one-vulnerable-halifax-schoolgirl-for-two-years-1-7969702

KatVonGulag · 01/10/2018 10:39

I've just followed that link to the ambulance staff training.

I need to dose my mind in bleach

OatsBeansBarley · 01/10/2018 10:36

There was one of the " grooming" rape cases in Keighley West Yorkshire, 12 year old vulnerable girl, police failed to act initially.

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2BorNot2Bvocal · 01/10/2018 10:25

Better than average conviction rate but only 11% of reported rapes make it to court. Of the 89% that do not, need to know % down to failings in CJS.
www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/one-reported-rape-14-west-13926311

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breastfeedingclownfish · 01/10/2018 10:19

Does anyone have information re the Mesmac / Allsorts concerns?

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breastfeedingclownfish · 01/10/2018 10:17

Chunk
"Rotherham is in South Yorkshire."

Noted. Interested in that area too

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ApplestheHare · 01/10/2018 10:02

I'd be interested to compare the crime stats (laptop is broken and this phone hates the website) for West Yorks versus other counties rather than counting high-profile cases. We're in West Yorks and I've found it feels significantly safer than other areas (London, midlands, south east) I've lived, even if we are a bit behind on equality for women.

Roomba · 01/10/2018 09:57

Yeah, I am very aware of how S Yorks Police deal with vulnerable girls and women too. I grew up there and went to school with girls who were in care/lived in children's homes. Appalling lack of concern for their safeguarding and wellbeing (not just police tbf, no one gave a toss), and it certainly hasn't improved over the last 30 years as seen in recent court cases/inquiries.

NothingOnTellyAgain · 01/10/2018 09:49

There being no prosecution when 4 men kidnap and rape a woman off ths street and one rapes her

Is a statement about why we need feminism if ever there was one.

Those utter utter cunts. And all teh while we have the papers reporting in such a way as to make sure that the public think women and girls are usually lying > why do they have that agenda.

Whole thing stinks.

Of course in our brave new genderist world it will be completely obscured that the people injuring raping killing abusing in Holbeck are MEN and the people being injured raped murdered abused are WOMEN.

And there's your end point in the MRA fest that is TRA.

Chunkamatic · 01/10/2018 09:49

Rotherham is in South Yorkshire.

Roomba · 01/10/2018 09:48

I become increasingly convinced that the Red Riding films were just documentaries. And nothing much has changed in W Yorks frankly.