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Career Track: Leadership. 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. [2] One 13-year-old victim had an abortion after becoming pregnant. Of the 56 offenders convicted since 1997 for crimes relating to on-street grooming of girls aged 11 to 16, three were white, 53 were Asian of which 50 were Muslim, and most were from the British Pakistani community. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Daisy gave evidence at the Rochdale grooming trial; her testimony about the abuse she witnessed helped put men in prison. 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. Although police interviewed a total of 56 men on suspicion of abuse, only a handful were tried. Craving love and attention, Amber was lured into a nightmare, subjected to repeated and often violent sexual abuse. She was vilified and nicknamed in the press as the Honey Monster. 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. She told me: So it didnt happen to anybody else. 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"[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. [5] The girls were mainly White British. I trusted police that I would be helped this time. "I was scared telling them, because I didn't know what the consequences would be from the men. Rochdale grooming case: what really happened? 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. 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. One night in 2006, when she was just 14, a man became aggressive after she refused to have sex with him. 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. But in court, she was portrayed by the prosecution and defence as an assistant pimp. [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". 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. I'm only a kid - why is it always me? Critics say the delays meant more girls were left to be abused while the criminal justice system slowly changed its course. 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". The ID parades were particularly gruelling for Amber, who did 12 in one day alone, correctly identifying 10 of her abusers. In relation to historical failures, he apologised to Daisy. had learned about the investigation but after approaching GMP we were told to hold off until the victims had been spoken to. The man she accused of assaulting her walked free. Five years later she won an apology and compensation from social services. "[The police] messed up, not me. [52], In December 2013, the case review by Rochdale County was leaked, which highlighted findings from an internal police investigation. "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. "[3], Sayeeda Warsi, co-chairperson of the Conservative Party, in an interview with the Evening Standard, said "You can only start solving a problem if you acknowledge it first," and added, "This small minority who see women as second class citizens, and white women probably as third class citizens, are to be spoken out against." "At first I thought it was great because nothing sexual had happened, I thought I could just get all of this stuff for free.". Were told 84% of grooming gangs are Asian. Five of the girls had "clearly" needed help and intervention by safeguarding agencies before the abuse began, the report said. Between 2008 and 2010, a child abuse ring that came to be known as part of the grooming gang phenomenon operated in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Abdul Aziz, 51, Adil Khan, 51, and Qari Rauf, 52,. Department: 7014 LCMT CASE MGMT. While this is true, Amber believes that she was used as a scapegoat. He said that of convictions involving child sexual exploitation, 87% were of British Pakistani men and it was a significant problem for that community. [7] A former Detective Constable who was investigating the grooming gangs, Margaret Oliver, resigned in 2012 in disgust of the handling of the cases by the police force and spoke out as a whistleblower to inform the public. But the investigation, according to one officer who was involved, was a car crash. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 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'. History was repeating itself, said Maggie. It was unfortunate that it was about attitudes towards teenagers. 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". The trial of nine of the grooming gang was pending, and in the meantime, despite never having been informed, arrested or cautioned, Amber was added to the indictment by the CPS as a co-conspirator. Furious, Maggie vowed never to be part of such an investigation in future. 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[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. 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. A much bigger case had been built but, importantly, he simply believed his star witness. Daisy had ambitions to become a social worker, to use her painful past to help others in the future. Not one charged never, why? The first victim, who was 15 when the abuse began, told the police what had been happening to her in August 2008. Amber had, under pressure from the abusers, taken some of her friends to the takeaway where the ringleaders operated from. While GMP has finally settled the claim, which includes the personal apology from the chief constable, the DPP has so far resisted. Nine men of mainly Pakistani. It meant she was regarded by the prosecution as a member of the grooming gang whose members would go in the dock, even though she was not charged and would not stand beside them in court. 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. A Serious Case Review published in 2013 concluded that the authorities 'struggled to empathise' with the girls, partly because they were from poor backgrounds, giving them a 'skewed picture of their behaviour'. My name has been dragged through the mud. The recent BBC One drama Three Girls explored the harrowing true story of the Rochdale child grooming case. On 9 May 2012, the Rochdale grooming trial reached its conclusion. Sir Peter Fahy said some girls 'don't want to make a complaint because that means they go into the criminal justice system'. 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. Why the Rochdale 'grooming trial' wasn't about race Focusing on the ethnicity of the men convicted of child sex offences in Rochdale detracts from the real issue: this was ultimately about. . It resulted in the conviction of nine men for offences including rape and human. More arrests, and more . At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Nine men were convicted, of whom eight were of British Pakistani origin and one was an Afghan asylum-seeker. 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"[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. They were overlooked, they were discriminated against.. But because of an obligation to disclose criminal convictions, she has been prevented from pursuing her chosen career. Read about our approach to external linking. Nine men were convicted of being part of the child sexual exploitation ring, Nazir Afzal regrets that the CPS dropped the original grooming case, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Amber was also threatened at gunpoint by a man whom she subsequently identified to the police. The investigation into the sexual abuse of the girl had been reopened following the exposure of police failings. Read about our approach to external linking. Numerous opportunities to intervene were missed and only two girls received child protection planning, the report said. "I've had a lot of problems in the past, suicide attempts and drinking, but now I know something is being done to prevent it happening again. [48][49], A further investigation was carried out by the British government in December 2020, when the Home Office published their findings, showing that the majority of child sexual exploitation gangs were, in fact, composed of white men and not British Pakistani men.[50][51]. 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. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) investigated Kabeer Hassan and another man, aged 59. During that period, Amber by now pregnant and living in a one-room flat continued to be targeted by the grooming gangs. [55], Last edited on 19 February 2023, at 10:03, UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, List of sexual abuses perpetrated by groups, Post-assault treatment of sexual assault victims, "Rochdale grooming trial: gang convicted for sex trafficking", "Rochdale child sex ring case: respected men who preyed on the vulnerable", "Rochdale grooming trial: Nine found guilty of child sex charges", "Rochdale grooming trial: how the case unfolded", "Rochdale child sex ring: did political correctness delay justice? Amber still sees those whom she says raped, beat and tortured her, out and about in Rochdale. Updated 10:47, 10 JUN 2020. [citation needed], Twelve men were initially charged with sex trafficking and other offences including: rape, trafficking girls for sex and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child. "I got picked up so many times by the police and it was always when I was out with adult men," she says. One of their victims tells her story. There was a string of different inquiries into what went wrong. A serious case review by the Rochdale. [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. The company's owner said that due to requests, clients could choose to have a white driver but this was reversed after 50 Asian drivers protested. 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"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.". But the consequences of what happened to her are still preventing her from moving on with her life. Two members of the grooming gang the gangs ringleader Shabir Ahmed and Kabeer Hassan were arrested and released on bail. The men led the girls to believe they were in relationships with some of them, and it was normal to have sex. 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." She said that seven officers had been served with misconduct notices, but no further disciplinary action would be taken against them. [8] The victims, plied with drugs and alcohol, were passed around friends and family,[18] and taken to various locations in the north of England, including Rochdale, Oldham, Nelson, Bradford and Leeds. 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. The men, she said, were friendly at first, simply chatting with the girls now and again in a takeaway shop. Attempts by Rochdale Crisis Intervention Team co-ordinator for the NHS, Sara Rowbotham, to alert police and authorities to "patterns of sexual abuse" were ignored. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. They dont give a fuck when youre not from a wealthy background.. May stated the revocations were "conducive to the public good". 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. "What they did to me was evil, they ripped away my dignity, my self-esteem," she said. When police arrived, she says they did not believe her version of events. Kabeer Hassan was sentenced to nine years for rape and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. 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. Sun Online looks at the group from Rochdale and Oldham, who exploited girls as young as 1 It was then she told police for the first time what was going on. It's now 10 years since the start of the police investigation that led to the Rochdale grooming trial. "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. 2023 BBC. Shed been the victim of abuse from the age of 14. Writing in The Guardian, Cockbain and Tufail wrote of the report that "The two-year study by the Home Office makes very clear that there are no grounds for asserting that Muslim or Pakistani-heritage men are disproportionately engaged in such crimes, and, citing our research, it confirmed the unreliability of the Quilliam claim". News. A June 2008 report to Rochdale safeguarding children board had identified 50 children at risk of sexual exploitation. "Why have I still got a criminal record? 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 . But the situation changed and she was raped by one of the men. Not just once - but repeatedly - by a gang of men who would ply her with vodka and threaten her with violence unless she succumbed to horrific abuse. "He asked me to come upstairs and I didn't really think anything of it," she explained. After a while, the girl was being driven to different houses or flats where there would be other men waiting. Those failings allowed seven youngsters, and potentially dozens more later identified by police, to be exposed to a catalogue of horrific sex abuse at the hands of manipulative predators. UK News US News World News Weird News Real Life More Hopeful TeamDogs In Your Area. In a disused hotel ballroom just off the M60 in Greater Manchester, she describes to us how the authorities knew she was at risk, but failed to stop the abuse. [7] Actress Lesley Sharp played the police detective Margaret Oliver in the series. 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. One 13-year-old victim became pregnant and had an abortion. Police and social workers failed the girls who were "passed around for sex" by a gang of men, it said. Pay Range: $54.58 - $88.09. 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 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. Maggie spent six months speaking to the victims from Rochdale and persuaded them to give evidence. After a troubled upbringing, Amber had been placed on the child protection register as being at risk of sexual and emotional abuse and neglect. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. In subsequent cases, the racial and religious background of perpetrators have been exploited by some - but there have also been accusations that authorities were slow to act on concerns for fear of being dubbed racist. The abuse took place in Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, in the early 2000s. Nine men from Rochdale and Oldham were sentenced for up to 19 years in prison in May 2012 after being convicted of offences including rape. [10] The gang worked to secure underage girls to rape and exploit.[11][12]. 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. 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 SICK leader of the Rochdale child sex abuse ring is serving a 22-year prison sentence for his role in the gang. "Most people would say it is crazy that there are 17 or 18 different agencies in a place like Rochdale in charge of children," he said. 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. Last month we met Daisy*, who found herself at the centre of the scandal all those years ago. Why's nothing happened to the police? Greater Manchester Police has been accused of 'blanking' three Rochdale grooming victims who have been trying to progress legal action against the force for over 18 months. Known as the "Rochdale Grooming" case, over 1400 vulnerable children were systematically abused by gangs of men between 2005 and 2013. 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 think it's wrong that she be held back in this way.". A key member of the team was Detective Constable Maggie Oliver whose task was to convince the victims to speak to the police. [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". A new investigation, dubbed Operation Span, was launched. At best this was distracting for leaders and influenced the areas that resources were focused on". The report came on the same day five men were jailed for grooming a teenage girl. She told me: It wasnt like a forced thing. "It's not a normal relationship when your boyfriend is getting you to sleep with all his friends for money.". [41][42][43], Two of the convicted gang members worked at Eagle Taxis, which was taken over by Car 2000 after the scandal. Instead, when she became upset and disruptive, she was arrested and later convicted of disorderly behaviour. 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. Why can't I get a job? [24], The case raised a serious debate about whether the crimes were racially motivated. "At first I felt really bad, dirty and ashamed. This eventually led to the successful prosecution of nine men for offences included rape, trafficking girls for sex and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child. The perpetrators would pass the girls to their friends, often to settle a debt. "We would get free alcohol and cigarettes, food, free taxis," she said. 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. 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. A June 2008 report identified 50 children in the town at risk of sexual exploitation. 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. One father called Children's Social Care (CSC) up to 50 times, reporting his daughter's "uncontrollable drinking, running away and difficult behaviour". 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. 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. The exposure of the grooming, sexual assault and trafficking of young girls in Rochdale was made public in 2012. This kind of institutional neglect of a whole sector of society must never happen again and we need programmes like Three Girls to remind us.. 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