She continued to receive phone calls from her abusers, and cars with drivers she recognised were parking outside. Read about our approach to external linking. [32] The inquiry issued its final report in November 2013. Because she was not involved in the trial, and therefore did not give evidence, she had no opportunity to defend herself. He said the investigation was at "an extremely sensitive stage" and street grooming was the force's top priority, "a bigger priority than gun crime". The Rochdale child sex abuse ring involved underage teenage girls in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. The BBC drama Three Girls was based on the Rochdale child sexual abuse scandal. Rochdale grooming case: what really happened? Willmer added: "We think this is the tip of the iceberg", although she cautioned against treating the matter as a race crime: "It's a criminal thing. The picture which emerged was one of vulnerable young girls, some as young as 10, who were being targeted for sexual abuse and written off by authorities who believed the girls were making their own choices. Rochdale is also being considered as part of the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse, which is examining whether authorities across the country took the problem seriously. Why's nothing happened to the police? Nine men between 24 and 38 years old were arrested on suspicion of sexual activity with a child. [19] Shed been the victim of abuse from the age of 14. [25][26][27] A report by the deputy children's commissioner in 2012 said that 33% of child sex abuse by gangs in Britain was committed by British Asians, where Asians are 7% of the population, but concluded that it was "irresponsible" to dwell on the data. But wheres the evidence? Finally, after a gruelling 18 months and several hearings, the judge threw the case out. 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'. [2], The victims, vulnerable teenagers from deprived, dysfunctional backgrounds, were targeted in "honeypot locations" where young people congregated, such as takeaway food shops. Her evidence helped put abusers behind bars, yet Amber was vilified by the authorities and says her torment will never end. 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. Five years later she won an apology and compensation from social services. 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 victims, many of whom were from difficult backgrounds and therefore particularly vulnerable, were plied with drugs, alcohol and fast food, and then taken to chill houses across the north of England to be abused. "I got picked up so many times by the police and it was always when I was out with adult men," she says. "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. "I was scared telling them, because I didn't know what the consequences would be from the men. '", 'We should have listened to he broken teenagers'. "Why have I still got a criminal record? One father called Children's Social Care (CSC) up to 50 times, reporting his daughter's "uncontrollable drinking, running away and difficult behaviour". She added: "The danger with saying that the problem is with one ethnicity is that then people will only be on the lookout for that group and will risk missing other threats. Full-Time. 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 ringleader, 59-year-old Shabir Ahmed, claimed the girls were "prostitutes" who had been running a "business empire" and it was all "white lies". "We have got a number of girls in Rochdale that we believe are being abused and many of them will not talk to us and, even if they did, will not tell us about what is happening and certainly don't want to make a complaint because that means they go into the criminal justice system.". We need to remember and learn from the mistakes of the past to ensure they are not repeated. [10] The gang worked to secure underage girls to rape and exploit.[11][12]. "We would get free alcohol and cigarettes, food, free taxis," she said. Shabir Ahmed, who abused dozens of vulnerable teenagers, was known as "Dadd "[29] Cryer had attempted to reach the Muslim community and persuade it to take action: "I went to a friend of mine, who was a local councillor and happened to be a Muslim and therefore able to represent me to the elders, because I thought it was a good move to try to get those elders involved. After a troubled upbringing, Amber had been placed on the child protection register as being at risk of sexual and emotional abuse and neglect. He shouted in court, "Where are the white people? Job Description. Known as the "Rochdale Grooming" case, over 1400 vulnerable children were systematically abused by gangs of men between 2005 and 2013. Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk (Labour) said agencies had actively ignored the abuse and that "social services believed these girls were making lifestyle choices". When we met in a hotel in Rochdale last month, Amber was accompanied by Maggie Oliver, a former police detective who walked out of the job in protest at the way Amber had been treated. She told me: So it didnt happen to anybody else. The women, who cannot be named for. But she added: "They're just brainwashing you so you think you love them so you do what they say. She walked out, refusing to go along with this decision, and was forbidden from speaking to Amber. [5], In March 2015, Greater Manchester Police apologised for its failure to investigate the child sexual exploitation allegations more thoroughly between 2008 and 2010. We were making referrals from 2004, very explicit referrals, referrals which absolutely highlighted for protective services that young people were incredibly vulnerable, she said. That nightmare should have ended with the arrest and trial of the perpetrators, but instead the police, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and even social services treated her not as a victim but as a perpetrator. The NSPCC offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults concerned about a child on 0808 800 5000. The uncomfortable truth would eventually come out despite the botched original police investigation which concluded the girl, who would later become the prosecutions star witness, was not credible. I'm only a kid - why is it always me? 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. [32], Hilary Willmer, representing a Leeds-based support group for parents of sexually exploited girls, the Coalition for the Removal of Pimping (Crop), was quoted as saying "The vast majority [of] perpetrators are Pakistani Asians",[35] with sources inside Crop claiming a percentage as high as 80 per cent although, The Independent said that "Kurdish, Romanian and Albanian gangs were also involved". "[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. "[36] Narey rejected the idea that such gangs were specifically targeting white girls, but suggested vulnerable girls on the street were more likely to be white since Asian girls were subjected to strict parenting and were more likely to be kept off the streets. They werent bothered when youre from a shit home. The trial at Liverpool Crown Court in 2012 heard five girls - aged between 13 and 15 - were given alcohol, food and money in return for sex but there were times when violence was used. Jailing them, Judge Gerald Clifton said: You have all been convicted by the jury after a long trial of grave sexual offences which were committed between the spring of 2008 and 2010. Cryer said, "Neither the police nor social services would touch those cases. 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. Following the case in Rochdale similar cases of grooming and sexual abuse/exploitation of young girls came to light in various towns and cities across the UK. But when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) reviewed the case in summer 2009, it was decided that the girl "would not be viewed as a credible witness" - a decision not appealed against by GMP - and no prosecution was brought. The review recommended a "speedy resolution" to leadership failures. Read about our approach to external linking. It revealed that some CSC staff have been subjected to disciplinary action, although no-one is thought to have been sacked. They ripped away all my dignity". Writing for HuffPost UK, chief executive Javed Khan of childrens charity Barnardos described Three Girls as absolutely vital viewing.. Police failed to tell council about arrest of Rochdale grooming gang leader who was employed as welfare rights officer Casework by police and social care was "very poor" in 10 sample cases 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. "I know they believed me, they said to me at the end that something should have been done.". At best this was distracting for leaders and influenced the areas that resources were focused on". [36], In a BBC documentary investigating grooming young girls for sex by some Pakistani men, Imam Irfan Chishti from the Rochdale Council of Mosques deplored the practice, saying it was "very shocking to see fellow British Muslims brought to court for this kind of horrific offence. The recent BBC One drama Three Girls explored the harrowing true story of the Rochdale child grooming case. 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. More arrests, and more . Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Dozens of girls treated after new Iran poisonings, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US, Man survives 31 days in jungle by eating worms. Research has found that group-based child sexual exploitation offenders are most commonly white. 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Must demonstrate independence and competence in the duties on a variety of procedures. ", "Lesley Sharp: 'What happened to the girls in Rochdale is never far from my mind', "British-Pakistani researchers say grooming gangs are 84% Asian", Failing victims, fuelling hate: challenging the harms of the 'Muslim grooming gangs' narrative. [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. She says she was never informed by police either that she was no longer being treated as a victim, or that none of those she alleged to be her abusers was to be prosecuted for her abuse. Something went wrong, please try again later. The dramatisation tells the story of three children who were victims in the scandal and stars Maxine Peake as sexual health worker Sara, who recorded and reported cases of child abuse for years. After a while, the girl was being driven to different houses or flats where there would be other men waiting. He said: We now know that Rochdale was not an isolated case. Craving love and attention, Amber was lured into a nightmare, subjected to repeated and often violent sexual abuse. It was unfortunate that it was about attitudes towards teenagers. Taxi drivers with nick-names like Car Zero and Master Aziz, a pillar of Rochdale's Pakistani community known as Tiger and a Muslim preacher were . "It will always be there, but I know how to deal with it," she said. And then, in July 2009, an experienced CPS lawyer ruled the victim was not credible and decided that the two men who raped her should be released without charge. 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. Pay Range: $54.58 - $88.09. Numerous opportunities to intervene were missed and only two girls received child protection planning, the report said. Man United beat West Ham United 3-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening. [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. "[32], The former head of Barnardo's, Martin Narey, said on BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "For this particular type of crime, the street grooming of teenage girls in northern towns there is very troubling evidence that Asians are overwhelmingly represented in the prosecutions for such offences. "She yearns to put her awful experiences to some value. A June 2008 report to Rochdale safeguarding children board had identified 50 children at risk of sexual exploitation. [5] The girls were mainly White British. [32], Wendy Shepherd, child sexual exploitation project manager for Barnardo's in the north of England, said that since she started working with the organisation, there has been "a shift from the men selling children in ones or twos to something that is much more organised in groups and networks. The networks of men come from different backgrounds: in the North and Midlands many have been British Asians; in Devon it was white men; in Bath and Bristol, Afro-Caribbeans; in London, all ethnic mixes, whites, Iraqis, Kurds, Afghans, Somalis". Behind the scenes, however, there was consternation. Last month we met Daisy*, who found herself at the centre of the scandal all those years ago. Copley said: "We apologise to the victims and we give them our assurance that lessons have been learned, changes have been made and we are determined to use this to continue making improvements. 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She gave the police a list, at an early stage of Operation Span, with nicknames, telephone numbers and other details relating to offenders. She noted that white male predators on the street tend to work alone. "[54], One of the seven officers retired without any sanctions being taken, even though his misconduct was found to have warranted disciplinary action. While GMP has finally settled the claim, which includes the personal apology from the chief constable, the DPP has so far resisted. Updated 10:47, 10 JUN 2020. UK News US News World News Weird News Real Life More Hopeful TeamDogs In Your Area. 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. It resulted in the conviction of nine men for offences including rape and human. ', "We haven't sorted out a solution to these really complex issues about young people.". In 2019, Amber, along with two other victims, with the help of the Centre for Womens Justice, issued a civil claim for damages against GMP and the director of public prosecutions (DPP). Man United beat West Ham United in the FA Cup fifth round and here are how the players rated at Old Trafford. In October 2010 the M.E.N. 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. The abuse of minor female children that occurred in 2008 and 2009 centred around two takeaways in Heywood near Rochdale. Even though she had been a victim, she was accused of being involved in the grooming. 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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. 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. had learned about the investigation but after approaching GMP we were told to hold off until the victims had been spoken to. 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[25], The findings have been questioned by researchers Ella Cockbain and Helen Brayley, from whose work for the UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science The Times report had drawn much of its evidence. [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. What the police and CPS did to me was worse than the abuse The apology will be a kind of a weight lifted from me. But the nightmare will never really be over. [22] Operation Doublet was launched at the same time as an investigation into child grooming and sexual abuse in the region. 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. [25] Furthermore, The Times article alleged: "with the exception of one town there is scant evidence of work being undertaken in British Pakistani communities to confront the problem" of "pimping gangs" largely consisting of "members of the British Pakistani community". [34], A report by The Times on 5 January 2011, related to convictions for child sex grooming in the North and Midlands. The investigation slowly built a compelling case, away from the public gaze. 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. When a local teenager was caught smashing up a glass chiller at the Balti House takeaway in Heywood in August 2008, police dismissed it as a simple act of vandalism. [I] cant remember exactly what they said, but it was something along the lines of being a madam, she recalled. Sun Online looks at the group from Rochdale and Oldham, who exploited girls as young as 1 One of the victims given the fictitious name Amber in Three Girls, the BBC One drama about the abuse was 14 when she was targeted by gang members. Of the three not convicted, one was cleared of all charges, the jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of the second, and the third was not present at the trial after fleeing to Pakistan whilst on bail. 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. Handout pictures released by Greater Manchester police in 2012 show eight of nine men convicted in connection with the child sexual exploitation ring. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. 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. History was repeating itself, said Maggie. Parents felt agencies "failed to work together", did not listen or keep them informed. Girls aged between 13 and 15 were trafficked, prostituted, raped and assaulted by the gang. 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. One 13-year-old victim became pregnant and had an abortion. Nine men have been convicted of sexually exploiting young girls in Greater Manchester. [1] The abusers paid small sums of money for the encounters. Instead, when she became upset and disruptive, she was arrested and later convicted of disorderly behaviour. "That can't make sense.". Abdul Rauf was sentenced to six years for trafficking for sexual exploitation and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. The grooming scandals in Rochdale and similar ones in other cities which involved Asian men, including Oxford and Rotherham, have fuelled fight-wing groups opposing multiculturalism and immigration. 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. The report came on the same day five men were jailed for grooming a teenage girl. 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." By then police were investigating allegations from another girl about on-street grooming in Heywood. There was a complete lack of appreciation of the world in which some of the girls lived - when in fact that should have framed every conversation . To date, the CPS has not accepted any failure on its part and instead continues to herald this case as the first successful prosecution of a grooming gang. Last Tuesday Amber, with two other victims of the Rochdale grooming gang, finally received an apology delivered personally by Stephen Watson, the chief constable of Greater Manchester police (GMP). 2023 BBC. 2023 BBC. Nothing happened. 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. "I'm nearly 30 years old, this started when I was 12," she says. [8], Some gang members told the court the girls were willing participants and happy having sex with the men. This vulnerable girl had been failed.. Tellingly, he added: I believe that one of the factors that led to that was that they were not of your community or religion. Child sexual exploitation has been uncovered in towns, cities and counties all over the country and it affects both girls and boys from all backgrounds. But she changed her mind when Operation Span came knocking and she was given cast iron assurances the victims would be supported. RN Case Manager - Case Management at Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance Hospital $20,000 hiring bonus for eligible external hires that meet required qualifications and conditions for payment It made me sick to my stomach. 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'. [20], Four of the convicted, Shabir Ahmed, Adil Khan, Abdul Rauf and Abdul Aziz, who had dual British and Pakistani citizenships, were denaturalized (stripped of their British citizenship) by then Home Secretary Theresa May in order for them to be deported to Pakistan. [47] However this report was "fiercely" criticised for its unscientific nature and poor methodology by child sexual exploitation experts Ella Cockbain and Waqas Tufail, in their paper "Failing Victims, Fuelling Hate: Challenging the Harms of the 'Muslim grooming gangs' Narrative" which was published in January 2020. The skinny 15-year-old girl was arrested and taken to the police station but then spent six hours pouring her heart out about precisely why she had acted in such an antisocial manner. "What they did to me was evil, they ripped away my dignity, my self-esteem," she said. "[32] Further research has been pursued since late 2011 by the Office of the Children's Commissioner. 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