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Girls "left at mercy" of grooming gangs in Rochdale, England because of failings by senior police and council bosses, damning report says

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DerekFaker · 15/01/2024 10:22

No surprise to anyone on here, I would guess. Those poor girls.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-67967919

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Police left children at mercy of grooming gangs in Rochdale, report says

A review criticises a series of failed investigations by Greater Manchester Police in Rochdale.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-67967919

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Tallisker · 15/01/2024 12:21

I want to weep for those poor children. They were seen as choosing the lifestyle, they were the men's girlfriends and they knew exactly what they were doing. NO! Pregnant at 13 is not a lifestyle choice!

I despair.

Apparently it's bad in Oldham too, yet to break.

beguilingeyes · 15/01/2024 12:14

Women don't count. It's like the Savile thing. it was dismissed at first because the complainants were 'only girls'.

TooBigForMyBoots · 15/01/2024 11:47

SidewaysOtter · 15/01/2024 10:52

It’s all very well saying sorry, but WHY did this happen? Were the girls ignored because of their backgrounds (troubled and /or poorer backgrounds), or because they were female? Or did no-one want to point a finger at the perpetrators for fear of being called racist for acknowledging their attitudes to women and girls?

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Police corruption. Someone was being paid.

PuppySnores · 15/01/2024 11:29

The sheer fact the there was a 'child 44' made me blink. So, so many girls effectively blamed for their own abuse.

'Lock your door' indeed. What sort of police response is that to a threatened child?

mommatoone · 15/01/2024 11:21

This is shocking to day the least, but im not surprised. Its still going on now. Apparently the CSE 'team ' in Rochdale was made up of one DC and one Social worker. How on earth are two people expected to manage that kind of workload AND provide the level of service these girls deserved ?

Lalgarh · 15/01/2024 11:03

Watch the press conference with Maggie Oliver she is cogent and scathing BC this is still happening.

"We are really crap at listening to abuse victims" . Notes this is not a problem when someone reports a burglary but is when it's DV or sexual

SidewaysOtter · 15/01/2024 10:52

It’s all very well saying sorry, but WHY did this happen? Were the girls ignored because of their backgrounds (troubled and /or poorer backgrounds), or because they were female? Or did no-one want to point a finger at the perpetrators for fear of being called racist for acknowledging their attitudes to women and girls?

ResisterRex · 15/01/2024 10:45

Justme56 · 15/01/2024 10:44

Is this it?

There are links via Andy Burnham’s X page.

https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/media/9148/operation-span-report-january-2024-v3.pdf

Ah that must be it. Was going round in a circle on that site

IcakethereforeIam · 15/01/2024 10:40

This is just Rochdale and, apparently, just a proportion of the children harmed there.

CrowBlack · 15/01/2024 10:38

I blame the police because they knew for years and did nothing, thereby emboldening the abusers who did this in plain sight .

ResisterRex · 15/01/2024 10:35

Does anyone have a link to the page with the full report? It doesn't seem to be on Mayor Burnham's site?

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