He said there was no doubt she was a victim of horrendous abuse and exploitation and he accepted that the police response "could and should have been better". After the trials conclusion, there were public apologies from the police, the council and prosecutors for failing the victims. 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. Finally, officers did not challenge a Crown Prosecution Service decision not to prosecute. *To protect her identity the victim's name has been changed. ", He added that significant improvements had been made to the way child sexual exploitation is investigated and encouraged anyone with any concerns to please get in touch. 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. 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. Finally, she has been exonerated. She had worked on Operation Augusta in 2004 which examined the sexual abuse of white girls by Asian men in Hulme and Rusholme. 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. It made me sick to my stomach. The report also showed that more than 3,000 children under the age of 18 were reported missing in Greater Manchester in 2014. There was a string of different inquiries into what went wrong. They were overlooked, they were discriminated against.. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. After a troubled upbringing, Amber had been placed on the child protection register as being at risk of sexual and emotional abuse and neglect. But when she was just 12, she was groomed and sexually abused by gangs of adult men. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Who were the men in the Rochdale grooming gang and what happened to them? 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. They werent bothered when youre from a shit home. 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. 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. Some studies suggest an overrepresentation of black and Asian offenders relative to the demographics of national populations. A serious case review by the Rochdale Safeguarding Children Board highlighted failures by 17 agencies who were meant to protect the children. Rochdale grooming case - what really happened? "But people can feel some sense of reassurance that we are now bringing more cases to court.". 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". 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. Read about our approach to external linking. A key member of the team was Detective Constable Maggie Oliver whose task was to convince the victims to speak to the police. [17] Abdul Aziz, a married father of three, took over from Shabir Ahmed as the main trafficker and was paid by various men to supply underage girls for sex. [17], Victims were physically assaulted and raped by as many as five men at a time,[1] or obliged to have sex with "several men in a day, several times a week". 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. There were therefore many still walking free that had evaded detection. The men led the girls to believe they were in relationships with some of them, and it was normal to have sex. Department: 7014 LCMT CASE MGMT. 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). "[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. 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'. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 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. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Adil Khan was sentenced to eight years for the same offences. [19] It was then she told police for the first time what was going on. A senior police officer has joined calls for a review on criminal records of child exploitation victims. Their treatment encompasses a range of catastrophic errors in one of the countrys most harrowing child sexual abuse scandals. 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. "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. "Any criminal convictions that [Daisy] has, have been as a direct consequence of the abuse and exploitation. It is worth remembering though that none of it would be happening without a frightened, angry girl who had been raped venting her rage in a takeaway in Heywood and then being courageous enough to speak about what had happened. We need to remember and learn from the mistakes of the past to ensure they are not repeated. A ringleader of a grooming gang has avoided being deported so it would therefore be wrong to deport two other gang members, a tribunal has heard. 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 . Rochdale grooming gang members could be deported to Pakistan; . "Lessons must be learnt from this report and measures implemented to ensure no other vulnerable children are treated as at fault. "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. [45] In particular they pointed out that the inquiry by the Office of the Children's Commissioner[33] found that, while a majority of victims were white and a majority of perpetrators were men of South Asian descent, there were many cases where "perpetrators and their victims were ethnically diverse. 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). UK News US News World News Weird News Real Life More Hopeful TeamDogs In Your Area. [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. It was only when she met Oliver in early 2012 that things started to change. 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. The abuse continued for months, until one evening she was arrested by police for smashing the counter at a takeaway where some of the men met the girls. Posted: February 21, 2023. 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 "Most child sexual abuse gangs made up of white men, Home Office report says", "A new Home Office report admits grooming gangs are not a 'Muslim problem', "Rochdale sex-grooming gangs able to flourish due to police errors says report", Greater Manchester Police, Report into Rochdale CSE investigation, 13 March 2015, "No officers to be charged over Rochdale child abuse failure, say police", The Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board, Review of Multi-Agency Responses to the Sexual Exploitation of Children, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rochdale_child_sex_abuse_ring&oldid=1140279348, This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 10:03. That night it was Daisy who was arrested - and later convicted - of a public order offence. 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. The mayor's office. The government would not comment on the Rochdale case but said it had deported more than 51,000 foreign national offenders since 2010. "You will be supported and you will be heard.". Actress Maxine Peake starred in the series as Sara Rowbotham, the sexual health aid worker who first uncovered the patterns of severe abuse in the area, but struggled to bring it to the attention of authorities. Operation Span was the investigation launched in December 2009 into allegations made against the individuals who were convicted in 2012, and others. My name has been dragged through the mud. Without Ambers initial evidence there might never have been a trial at all. "I was scared telling them, because I didn't know what the consequences would be from the men. [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 BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. I push thoughts about the abuse out of my head. Greater Manchester Police said officers are becoming want to make sure Payton is 'safe and well'. Now they werent prepared to do that. The testimony of one of the five victims of the Rochdale grooming ring revealed the depth of the exploitation she suffered. "[54], One of the seven officers retired without any sanctions being taken, even though his misconduct was found to have warranted disciplinary action. "[40], Hindu and Sikh groups have objected to media use of the "Asian" description saying that the culprits were "almost always of Pakistani origin" and "Muslim". [52], In December 2013, the case review by Rochdale County was leaked, which highlighted findings from an internal police investigation. Maggie spent six months speaking to the victims from Rochdale and persuaded them to give evidence. It revealed that some CSC staff have been subjected to disciplinary action, although no-one is thought to have been sacked. I'm only a kid - why is it always me? 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. [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. The NSPCC offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults concerned about a child on 0808 800 5000. Girls aged between 13 and 15 were trafficked, prostituted, raped and assaulted by the gang. [18] Among the incidents recorded by the police were a 15-year-old victim too drunk to recall being raped by 20 men, one after the other; and another victim so drunk that she vomited over the side of the bed as she was being raped by two men. Following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court, nine men were convicted in May 2012. Why is it me that suffers still?". said in its review into child sexual exploitation after the trial. 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'. Updated 10:47, 10 JUN 2020. She not only suffered at the time [of the abuse] but she continues to suffer because of the criminal records. 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. 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. Nine men were found guilty and sentenced to a total of 77 years in prison. The Rochdale child sex abuse ring involved underage teenage girls in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Part of HuffPost News. 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". But she changed her mind when Operation Span came knocking and she was given cast iron assurances the victims would be supported. [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? When police arrived, she says they did not believe her version of events. 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. 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. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 2023 BBC. 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. [8], Some gang members told the court the girls were willing participants and happy having sex with the men. [32] Ella Cockbain and Helen Brayley pointed out, "There is no criminal offence of 'on-street grooming' and as a result it is very difficult to measure the extent of the crime based on court statistics. However, Sir Peter said the report failed to confront a "fundamental" problem faced by police officers, who are repeatedly asked to track down and return young people missing from children's homes, only for them to run away again. "We would get free alcohol and cigarettes, food, free taxis," she said. 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. [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. "What they did to me was evil, they ripped away my dignity, my self-esteem," she said. I think it's wrong that she be held back in this way.". Five years later she won an apology and compensation from social services. In May 2012, nine men from Rochdale were convicted and jailed for grooming girls with alcohol, drugs and gifts before forcing them to have sex with multiple men. FA Cup quarter-final draw in full as Manchester United and Man City discover opponents, Four Premier League sides remain in the competition, Manchester United vs West Ham LIVE highlights and reaction from FA Cup as Garnacho scores. The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331. She continued to receive phone calls from her abusers, and cars with drivers she recognised were parking outside. She said that seven officers had been served with misconduct notices, but no further disciplinary action would be taken against them. Parents felt agencies "failed to work together", did not listen or keep them informed. ", "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. [5] The girls were mainly White British. I gave hours of interviews, reliving all the abuse. [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." No further action was taken against Amber, but it would be another two years before the CPS agreed that she should be treated as a victim and witness rather than a suspect. The report came on the same day five men were jailed for grooming a teenage girl. 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. 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. [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. Running though them is repeated mentions of the fact that many in authority believed that the girls had brought the abuse on themselves. 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. One victim, a 15-year-old known as the Honey Monster, acted as a recruiter, procuring girls as young as 13 for the gang. The abuse then continued, with a number of men who she had not seen before joining in. "It will always be there, but I know how to deal with it," she said. She was being raped. "[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. "I know they believed me, they said to me at the end that something should have been done.". 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. 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. 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". Shabir Ahmed, who abused dozens of vulnerable teenagers, was known as "Dadd [53], On 13 March 2015, Greater Manchester Police apologised for its failure to investigate child sexual exploitation allegations more thoroughly between 2008 and 2010. Then, shortly after the ID parade, Oliver was told that they were no longer going to use Ambers evidence. On one occasion he ordered a girl aged 15 to have sex with Kabeer Hassan, as a "treat" for his birthday Hassan then raped the girl. Assistant Chief Constable Steve Heywood said that about 550 officers were working on Operation Doublet in May 2013. 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. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. After the court case, social services started to pursue Amber, with the aim of having her children removed. The review acknowledged that police officers might have discriminatory attitudes towards the victims, that the victims were interviewed by detectives without training in child exploitation and no strategy when victims returned to their abusers. [7] Actress Lesley Sharp played the police detective Margaret Oliver in the series. "I got picked up so many times by the police and it was always when I was out with adult men," she says. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. [5], In March 2015, Greater Manchester Police apologised for its failure to investigate the child sexual exploitation allegations more thoroughly between 2008 and 2010. 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". "[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. BBC Ones new drama Three Girls launched on Tuesday to five million viewers. I was like, 'why are you not listening? The abuse took place in Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, in the early 2000s. The investigation slowly built a compelling case, away from the public gaze. She told me: Police werent arsed with us, really. 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