Racial tension and non - integration in some Northern towns is really very worrying. It is sad, because the grandparents of the current younger generation were very keen to mix and integrate with local communities, and to conform to local laws and customs. That has all changed now.
My nephew (who is white) was firmly and rudely put in his place when he attempted to introduce himself to his new classmates when he started secondary school. He was told to "F--k off to his own end of the playground and stay with your own kind".
As I said earlier in the thread - this has been going on for years. Those men did not consider the girls to be human beings.
My children are mixed race - one reason why I wouldn't contemplate moving back up North.
All this effort by those in authority to avoid mentioning the race issue has resulted in this sort of thing going on unchecked.
In parts of London there is awful child abuse and murder going on in certain cultural and religious groups. It has been allowed to go on far too long, for fear of causing offence to these groups.
In the UK the same law should apply to every abuser no matter to what religious, cultural or ethnic group they belong. It shouldn't make any difference whether they are catholic priests, western tourists on paedophilia tours to the far east, Eastern Europeans trafficking girls for prostitution, or African so-called Christians killing and torturing children they believe to be witches. If the perpetrators are offended, that is tough.