Critics say the delays meant more girls were left to be abused while the criminal justice system slowly changed its course. ', "We haven't sorted out a solution to these really complex issues about young people.". Nine men have each been sentenced to up to 25 years in jail for a catalogue of serious sexual offences against teenage girls in Rochdale, exposed following widespread media coverage of grooming. "[32] Further research has been pursued since late 2011 by the Office of the Children's Commissioner. Speaking before the airing of a new BBC1 drama, Three Girls - which tells the story of three victims in the 2012 Rochdale sex grooming case - Margaret Oliver said police had still not learned. [8], Some gang members told the court the girls were willing participants and happy having sex with the men. The three-part series tells the story of the victims of an infamous child grooming and sex trafficking scandal in Rochdale, and continues on Wednesday night. A victim of Rochdale grooming gangs has told the BBC that convictions she received as a teenager - for offences linked to the abuse she was suffering - have destroyed her hopes of a career. I think it's wrong that she be held back in this way.". It took police 11 months to compile a file of evidence for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after interviewing the young victim from the takeaway on four separate occasions. *To protect her identity the victim's name has been changed. But because of an obligation to disclose criminal convictions, she has been prevented from pursuing her chosen career. The scandal shocked the nation - and helped change the way the criminal justice system treats victims of grooming. But wheres the evidence? Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. And more than that, she was among a band of white girls who were being specifically targeted by a gang of largely Pakistani-heritage men because, as the trial judge would later acknowledge, the mens victims were not of your community or religion. Her complaint was not taken seriously and she carried on being abused by the gang until December 2008 when she fell pregnant and moved away. However, it is not possible to conclude that this is representative of all group-based CSE offending. She has forced the police and social services to apologise to her for their behaviour. It was only when she met Oliver in early 2012 that things started to change. The report added that professionals repeatedly said the victims had it 'in their power' to stop the abuse 'suggesting this was something they could choose not to do'. More arrests, and more . Pay Range: $54.58 - $88.09. Were told 84% of grooming gangs are Asian. [53], On 13 March 2015, Greater Manchester Police apologised for its failure to investigate child sexual exploitation allegations more thoroughly between 2008 and 2010. She described the Rochdale case as "even more disgusting" than cases of girls being passed around street gangs, as the perpetrators "were grown men, some of them religious teachers or running businesses, with young families of their own. [21], Following the break up of the first sex ring in May 2012, the police made arrests in relation to another child sexual exploitation ring in Rochdale. [1][2], The oldest person to be convicted, Shabir Ahmed,[16] was for a while the main trafficker of the victims. On 9 May 2012, the Rochdale grooming trial reached its conclusion. [1][8] Most of the men were married and well-respected within their community. The grooming and subsequent abuse - which centred around the town of Heywood - began when the woman, now aged 19, was a 15-year-old schoolgirl. After a while, the girl was being driven to different houses or flats where there would be other men waiting. The testimony of one of the five victims of the Rochdale grooming ring revealed the depth of the exploitation she suffered. ", "Police 'sorry' over Rochdale child sex abuse failures", "This is what happened to Three Girls whistleblower Sara Rowbotham", "Nine men found guilty of sexually abusing vulnerable girls in Rochdale", "Senior judge slams lawyers for obstructing Rochdale child sex grooming gang deportation case", "Members of paedophile gang treated victims as 'worthless', "Gang To Be Sentenced Over Child Sex Crimes", "Profiles of Child Sex Abuse Gang Members", "Rochdale Grooming Scandal Whistleblower Defends Sarah Champion And Slams Austerity", "Rochdale child sex grooming case originally dropped", "Nazir Afzal: 'We tackled grooming gangs. Even though she had been a victim, she was accused of being involved in the grooming. But not all. But before what turned out to be the final interview, Oliver says she started to notice a change in tone from senior officers, and felt they were now deliberately trying to push this victim away. Speaking at the conclusion of a 10-week trial at Liverpool Crown Court, the woman, who cannot be identified, said she was forced to have sex with up to five different men in a day, at least four times a week. "I wouldn't go out of the house for nine months on my own without my mum or dad, because I was frightened," she said. But in court, she was portrayed by the prosecution and defence as an assistant pimp. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. [28], Ann Cryer, Labour MP for Keighley, recalled in a BBC documentary filmed in 2012 that she had worked with the families of the victims involved, and had been "round at the police station virtually every week" and was "begging" both the police and social services to do something. Read about our approach to external linking. A. Also cited were a lack of managerial oversight in 2008 and 2009 and lack of resources and managerial support for the investigations despite formal requests. "What they did to me was evil, they ripped away my dignity, my self-esteem," she said. The alleged offences that took place in Rochdale between 2005 and 2013 included rape, conspiracy to rape, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, sexual activity with a child, and sexual assault. I agreed to help the police to stop it happening to others, Amber wrote to Oliver in the midst of her campaign for justice. In 2014 an inquiry led by MP Ann Coffey suggested sexual exploitation of children had become normal on some streets and estates in Greater Manchester. But when she was just 12, she was groomed and sexually abused by gangs of adult men. Sheer lack of resource, and also the fact that their bosses seemed reluctant to grasp the nettle for fear of being branded racist, contributed to delays in the investigation. Charity Victim Support's chief executive Javed Khan said: "It is utterly unacceptable that, instead of protecting these vulnerable young victims from sexual exploitation, the authorities judged, blamed and disbelieved them and their families and, in doing so, exposed these victims to further abuse. Two worked for the same taxi firm and another two worked at a takeaway restaurant; some came from the same village in Pakistan and another two men shared a flat. The report also showed that more than 3,000 children under the age of 18 were reported missing in Greater Manchester in 2014. [22] Suggestions emerged that police and social work departments failed to act when details of the gang emerged for fear of appearing racist, and vulnerable white teenagers being groomed by Pakistani men were ignored. 2023 BBC. The gang of nine men received jail sentences of between four and 19 years from a judge who said they treated their victims as though they were worthless and beyond any respect. Nazir Afzal, chief prosecutor in the North West - who overturned the original CPS decision not to prosecute over allegations of abuse in 2009 - said: "I absolutely accept that things didn't go well for us and other agencies. The grooming case seemed ripe for exploitation: all the girls were white, all the accused were Asian Muslim men, and they had displayed a searing contempt for their victims. [14] The CPS's original decision was overturned in 2011 when a new chief prosecutor for the region, Nazir Afzal, a first generation British-Pakistani,[15] was appointed. After the trials conclusion, there were public apologies from the police, the council and prosecutors for failing the victims. [31], In late 2011, the Office of the Children's Commissioner began a two-year long inquiry into child sexual exploitation by street gangs. Read about our approach to external linking. Man United beat West Ham in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Wednesday and we'll bring you live reaction from the match. One night in 2006, when she was just 14, a man became aggressive after she refused to have sex with him. "[37][38] Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, accused elders of the Pakistani community of "burying their heads in the sand" on the matter of sexual grooming. [13], As a result of the CPS dropping the case, the police halted their investigation, which was resumed when a second girl made complaints of a similar nature in December 2009. Mohammed Sajid was sentenced to 12 years for rape, sexual activity with a girl under 16, trafficking for sexual exploitation and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. Oliver had been headhunted to join the grooming gangs case as detective and victim liaison officer in 2010 because of her experience working with vulnerable victims. Why has nothing happened to these men? "We would get free alcohol and cigarettes, food, free taxis," she said. As a result of police failures to respond to evidence, the men who had groomed the three children were able to continue . The review recommended a "speedy resolution" to leadership failures. [34], A report by The Times on 5 January 2011, related to convictions for child sex grooming in the North and Midlands. Tellingly, he added: I believe that one of the factors that led to that was that they were not of your community or religion. The patchy training of frontline staff was to blame for the way childrens social care responded to the victims, the Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board (RBSCB) said in its review into child sexual exploitation after the trial. But once the CPS advised the GMP that she was no longer seen as a suspect, she was persuaded by Oliver to begin a series of video interviews and ID parades. The man she accused of assaulting her walked free. He said: "It creates a culture of hopelessness, where the police officers think 'what's the point? Full-Time. The convictions she received as a teen continue to hold her back to this day. NINE men who ran the Rochdale child sex abuse ring were eventually jailed for a string of offences in 2012. Adil Khan was sentenced to eight years for the same offences. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) - Failure to recognise child sexual exploitation in the early stages, Rochdale Social Services - Lack of organisational priority over child sexual exploitation, an unstable duty and assessment team and a "chaotic" duty system, Health services - GPs had explicit information that some of the girls were at risk "that could have helped them identify the possibility of sexual exploitation at earlier points", Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) - Recognition of child sexual exploitation in the early years "was very poor", resulting in missed prosecution opportunities in 2008. They were overlooked, they were discriminated against.. Afterwards, she told me: I went home, put it to the back of my mind to be honest. The perpetrators would pass the girls to their friends, often to settle a debt. At best this was distracting for leaders and influenced the areas that resources were focused on". But she added: "They're just brainwashing you so you think you love them so you do what they say. We were making referrals from 2004, very explicit referrals, referrals which absolutely highlighted for protective services that young people were incredibly vulnerable, she said. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. A key member of the team was Detective Constable Maggie Oliver whose task was to convince the victims to speak to the police. "They threaten you, and you're scared of them, and that's how they make you do it.". Their treatment encompasses a range of catastrophic errors in one of the countrys most harrowing child sexual abuse scandals. One victim, a 15-year-old known as the Honey Monster, acted as a recruiter, procuring girls as young as 13 for the gang. "I tried to say no in a nice way, but he wasn't having it.". "[The police] messed up, not me. A significant proportion of cases were labelled as no further action needed and the leadership team were not interested in childrens social care. Rochdale grooming gang members could be deported to Pakistan; . [33] After members of the Rochdale gang were sentenced, the UK's Department for Education announced new funding for a specialist foster care scheme to protect vulnerable children in residential care, where some victims had been. Who were the men in the Rochdale grooming gang and what happened to them? I'm only a kid - why is it always me? The report came on the same day five men were jailed for grooming a teenage girl. Last month we met Daisy*, who found herself at the centre of the scandal all those years ago. Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs. "We have to remember that in most of those cases, the girls themselves did not regard themselves as victims and were not willing to make complaints and that is still the situation now," he said. Officers on the Rochdale division were under pressure at the time to hit volume crime targets like bringing down the number of burglaries and were overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the grooming problem they had uncovered. Under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse the GI Technician provides care to all patients, including pediatrics, adults and geriatrics by assisting the team during GI procedures. Social workers told him she was "a child prostitute", and he accepted this "because he did not know that it was wrong", the review said. It was not until summer 2011 that Nazir Afzal, the new regional head of the CPS, reversed the decision not to prosecute. [I] cant remember exactly what they said, but it was something along the lines of being a madam, she recalled. And Ive done nothing wrong I was a victim of these men at the age of 14. Speaking to BBC Five Live, Sir Peter Fahy, chief constable of Greater Manchester, denied his officers had failed to investigate allegations of rape made by underage girls before a decision was taken not to prosecute in 2008. Another night - this time in 2007 - Daisy says she was burnt with a heated metal spoon as punishment for refusing to have sex with a man at a house party. have fuelled fight-wing groups opposing multiculturalism and immigration. Assistant Chief Constable Mabs Hussain of Greater Manchester Police told the BBC he thought while cases should be reviewed on an individual basis, now was the time for a wider, national debate in cases where young people may have been criminalised as a result of exploitation. The exposure of the grooming, sexual assault and trafficking of young girls in Rochdale was made public in 2012. Address: CA Torrance 4101 Torrance Blvd. Following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court, nine men were convicted in May 2012. [1] One 13-year-old victim recounted that, after being forced to have sex in exchange for vodka, her abuser immediately raped her again and gave her 40 to not say anything about the incident. Because she was not involved in the trial, and therefore did not give evidence, she had no opportunity to defend herself. Men alleged to be part of a child-grooming ring in Rochdale were never brought to justice because the evidence of teenage victims was not pursued, according a former police officer. It was then she told police for the first time what was going on. She was being raped. Between 2003 and 2014, Rowbotham made more than 180 attempts to alert police and social services but was told the witnesses were not reliable. "[39], Nazir Afzal, who as the newly appointed chief crown prosecutor decided to bring the case to trial, said that sex, not race, was the key issue: "There is no community where women and girls are not vulnerable to sexual attack and that's a fact. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Nothing happened. Assistant Chief Constable Steve Heywood said that about 550 officers were working on Operation Doublet in May 2013. But the investigation, according to one officer who was involved, was a car crash. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, How fake copyright complaints are muzzling journalists, How 10% of Nigerian registered voters delivered victory, Sake brewers toast big rise in global sales, The Indian-American CEO who wants to be US president, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip. She was being shared around paedophiles across the north of England. One example mentioned was the issue of child protection for one of the victims, which was discussed in 40 meetings, without any record of police attendance. Department: 7014 LCMT CASE MGMT. [2][3][4] The men were British Pakistanis, which led to discussion on whether the failure to investigate them was linked to the authorities' fear of being accused of racial prejudice. Instead, when she became upset and disruptive, she was arrested and later convicted of disorderly behaviour. But she changed her mind when Operation Span came knocking and she was given cast iron assurances the victims would be supported. The woman now wants her story to be told to help people spot the signs of grooming, which she describes as "a common thing that not enough people know about". BBC Ones new drama Three Girls launched on Tuesday to five million viewers. [46], The Rochdale case was one of several cases which prompted investigations looking into the claim that "the majority of the perpetrators have been British Pakistani"; the first was by Quilliam in December 2017, which released a report entitled "Group Based Child Sexual Exploitation Dissecting Grooming Gangs", which claimed 84% of offenders were of South Asian heritage. At the time, she was living with an older victim but when she became pregnant by one of the men, she moved back in with her parents. She was vilified and nicknamed in the press as the Honey Monster. Part of HuffPost News. The Rochdale case was one of several cases which prompted investigations looking into the claim that "the majority of the perpetrators have been British Pakistani"; the first was by Quilliam in December 2017, which released a report entitled "Group Based Child Sexual Exploitation - Dissecting Grooming Gangs", which claimed 84% of offenders were The arrests are in relation to one of the five girls who gave evidence at Liverpool Crown Court in the case of a child sex grooming ring in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Read about our approach to external linking. I hoped that I would be able to persuade the elders to go knocking on doors and say 'this behaviour is un-Islamic and I want it to stop because I'm going to tell the whole community about you and what youre doing if you dont'. The serious case review looked at six girls who suffered sexual exploitation in Heywood, Rochdale between 2007 and 2010. She told me: So it didnt happen to anybody else. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. [32] The inquiry issued its final report in November 2013. "The biggest issue to come out of this report is that Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were effectively discriminating against poor, white, working-class girls, so that's not about a failure to spot abuse, that is about actively ignoring abuse that was going on when it was brought to their attention," he said. [2] One 13-year-old victim had an abortion after becoming pregnant. Nine men of mainly Pakistani. It formed a large part of the police investigation that became known as Operation Span. They contend that clouding the issue by calling them "Asians" is unfair towards other groups and detrimental to a frank discussion. News. Despite one victim going to the police in 2008 to report the child grooming, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided not to prosecute two men, invoking the witness's lack of credibility. She still has a scar on her arm and as far as we know, the man who abused her was never investigated. Last May. The police were called. Assistant Chief Constable Dawn Copley said that, at the time of the earlier investigation, "there was a strong target driven focus, predominantly on serious acquisitive crime. I didnt want other people to feel how I felt. Her courage and Olivers support resulted in a database of abusers whom she identified by names, car registrations, telephone numbers and addresses. Molly Windsor, Liv Hill and Ria Zmitrowicz feature as a trio of girls drawn into the frightening world of sexual exploitation. What about them? The three-part series tells the story of the victims of an infamous child grooming and sex trafficking scandal in Rochdale, and continues on Wednesday night. [23], In March 2015, ten men aged between 26 and 45 were charged with serious sex offences against seven females aged between 13 and 23 at the time. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Three Girls review a brave new focus on the Rochdale child sexual abuse scandal, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. In 2009, when Amber was 16, uniformed officers arrived at her mothers house, arrested her and took her to the police station. The apology was made after a review by the Independent Police Complaints Commission "examined the conduct and actions of 13 officers who were involved in Operation Span and the policing of Rochdale Division." While GMP has finally settled the claim, which includes the personal apology from the chief constable, the DPP has so far resisted. She's now in her late 20s. "You will be supported and you will be heard.". Abdul Rauf was sentenced to six years for trafficking for sexual exploitation and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. Without Ambers initial evidence there might never have been a trial at all. Cockbain and Brayley expressed concern that "findings were being overextended from a small, geographically concentrated sample to characterise an entire crime type". Later, Rochdale sexual health worker Sara Rowbotham told an inquiry that all the girls had been treated appallingly by protective services. Maggie Oliver was again left fuming when one of the girls she had talked round - a victim of abuse - was placed in the indictment that went before the jury. [35] "The citations are correct but they have been taken out of context," Cockbain told The Independent; "Nor do they acknowledge the small sample size of the original research, which focused on just two large cases." "Lessons must be learnt from this report and measures implemented to ensure no other vulnerable children are treated as at fault. Harriet Wistrich, director of the Centre for Women's Justice, is supporting Daisy in a civil action against Greater Manchester Police and the Crown Prosecution Service. Shed been the victim of abuse from the age of 14. She later went on to positively identify a number of offenders, which enabled charges to be brought against them all. This reluctance was because shed been in this position before. She had a knack of speaking on a human level to estate kids and she was head-hunted by her bosses to persuade them to give evidence in the trial despite the woeful original investigation. One victim was forced to have sex with at least 20 men in one night; another was forced to drink vodka, and was vomiting over the side of the bed while being raped by countless men. They dont give a fuck when youre not from a wealthy background.. Must demonstrate independence and competence in the duties on a variety of procedures. 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Maggie spent six months speaking to the victims from Rochdale and persuaded them to give evidence. When police were called to a report of a 15-year-old girl smashing up the Balti House takeaway in Heywood, they had no idea that the crime they had uncovered would become a national scandal. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. The government would not comment on the Rochdale case but said it had deported more than 51,000 foreign national offenders since 2010. In response to Ambers claim that it was wrong to name her on the indictment, it says it was both legally and tactically the correct course to take. "[45], In May 2017, the BBC broadcast Three Girls, a miniseries about the case. Man United beat West Ham United in the FA Cup fifth round and here are how the players rated at Old Trafford. Instead of being seen as a victim, Daisy was arrested and prosecuted for offences - many directly linked to the abuse she was suffering. "[30], Tim Loughton, the Minister for Children and Families, said that while there was no evidence that ethnic communities condoned child sexual abuse, he was concerned that some had been slow to report it to the police, and urged police and social workers not to allow "political correctness around ethnicity" to hinder their work to apprehend such criminals. The men led the girls to believe they were in relationships with some of them, and it was normal to have sex. Operation Span was the investigation launched in December 2009 into allegations made against the individuals who were convicted in 2012, and others. "The report paints a shocking picture of the inability of these agencies to protect these young people successfully," said Jane Booth, chair of the safeguarding board. Sun Online looks at the group from Rochdale and Oldham, who exploited girls as young as 1 They had to be assured that, as victims of sex crimes, they would be guaranteed anonymity for life. 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