"[35] By May 2012, according to The Independent, Crop had "gone suddenly silent" concerning the percentage of abusers of Asian origin who had come to the organisation's attention: Willmer explained to the paper: "We've been accused of being a cover for the BNP". 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". Police began to investigate child grooming in Rochdale almost by accident. 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. Social workers focused on young people's high-risk behaviour and "not their vulnerability", the latest review found. 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. 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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. This resulted in Greater Manchester Police launching Operation Doublet to investigate further claims of abuse with 19 men so far being convicted. 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'. 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. But after a while it had been going on for so long and with so many different men, I didn't feel anything towards it anymore. *To protect her identity the victim's name has been changed. Although a court order prevented her being named, everyone in her local community knew who she was. She's now in her late 20s. [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. [1] Forty-seven girls were identified as victims of child sexual exploitation during the police investigation. 2023 BBC. He said the actions of criminals who thought "white teenage girls are worthless and can be abused" were "bringing shame on our community. The report also showed that more than 3,000 children under the age of 18 were reported missing in Greater Manchester in 2014. "You will be supported and you will be heard.". Between 2003 and 2014, Rowbotham made more than 180 attempts to alert police and social services but was told the witnesses were not reliable. Rochdale grooming case: what really happened? [2] One gang member convicted of sex trafficking was a religious studies teacher at a mosque and a married father of five. 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. 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. 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. That night it was Daisy who was arrested - and later convicted - of a public order offence. Id been used. He said the investigation was looking at cases in Rochdale dating back to 2003. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. 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. He shouted in court, "Where are the white people? [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. "It made me feel like I was pretty. . 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". Rochdale grooming case - what really happened? [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. I push thoughts about the abuse out of my head. Read about our approach to external linking. Her act of pent-up frustration in the takeaway - followed by her bravery in speaking out - was the first step, a key moment that would lead to questions about the part which racial identity played in sexual grooming of children in the town and in other places up and down the country. 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. [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 review recommended the Greater Manchester Police establish a monitoring system and commit to maintaining a child sexual exploitation team. There was a string of different inquiries into what went wrong. Three women who were groomed, raped and abused by gangs of men in Rochdale have received "substantial" damages and an apology from Greater Manchester Police. 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. [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. 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. "I know they believed me, they said to me at the end that something should have been done.". 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A significant proportion of cases were labelled as no further action needed and the leadership team were not interested in childrens social care. On one of those interviews a police officer can be heard yawning while repeatedly asking why she had put herself in such a vulnerable position. A serious case review by the Rochdale. [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. She has forced the police and social services to apologise to her for their behaviour. Cockbain and Brayley expressed concern that "findings were being overextended from a small, geographically concentrated sample to characterise an entire crime type". 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. Part of HuffPost News. "[54], One of the seven officers retired without any sanctions being taken, even though his misconduct was found to have warranted disciplinary action. 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. ', "We haven't sorted out a solution to these really complex issues about young people.". Finally, she has been exonerated. 2023 BBC. I didnt know what that meant. She was held in custody for hours before being released on bail. In this case the judge did indicate his belief that the Rochdale gang had deliberately sought victims outside their own community. A new investigation, dubbed Operation Span, was launched. 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. Last May. The ID parades were particularly gruelling for Amber, who did 12 in one day alone, correctly identifying 10 of her abusers. Some of you acted as you did to satiate your lust, some of you to make money, all of you treated them as though they were worthless and beyond respect.. [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". [2], The victims, vulnerable teenagers from deprived, dysfunctional backgrounds, were targeted in "honeypot locations" where young people congregated, such as takeaway food shops. A senior police officer has joined calls for a review on criminal records of child exploitation victims. Critics say the delays meant more girls were left to be abused while the criminal justice system slowly changed its course. UK News US News World News Weird News Real Life More Hopeful TeamDogs In Your Area. It was absolute disrespect that vulnerable young people did not have a voice. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 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 . "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. "I felt let down," she said. 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. I asked Amber what gave her the strength to give evidence to the police, after what she had gone through. 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. Instead of being seen as a victim, Daisy was arrested and prosecuted for offences - many directly linked to the abuse she was suffering. [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. 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. In 2017, the BBC aired the drama "Three Girls" which featured the story of . Were told 84% of grooming gangs are Asian. [1][2], The oldest person to be convicted, Shabir Ahmed,[16] was for a while the main trafficker of the victims. 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By then police were investigating allegations from another girl about on-street grooming in Heywood. It's now 10 years since the start of the police investigation that led to the Rochdale grooming trial. They had to be assured that, as victims of sex crimes, they would be guaranteed anonymity for life. [53], On 13 March 2015, Greater Manchester Police apologised for its failure to investigate child sexual exploitation allegations more thoroughly between 2008 and 2010. 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. 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. Address: CA Torrance 4101 Torrance Blvd. It was like a casual, Oh, bring your friends. She was a vulnerable child, being sexually abused, controlled and in fear. [32] The inquiry issued its final report in November 2013. She specifically spoke of her abuse at the hands of two members of the gang who would later be jailed four years. "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. [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. 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 testimony of one of the five victims of the Rochdale grooming ring revealed the depth of the exploitation she suffered. The probe began after a local teenager was arrested for smashing up a cabinet at the Balti . Read about our approach to external linking. Amber was also threatened at gunpoint by a man whom she subsequently identified to the police. 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. Behind the scenes, however, there was consternation. At best this was distracting for leaders and influenced the areas that resources were focused on". She gave the police a list, at an early stage of Operation Span, with nicknames, telephone numbers and other details relating to offenders. "At first I felt really bad, dirty and ashamed. One 13-year-old victim became pregnant and had an abortion. Posted: February 21, 2023. We were making referrals from 2004, very explicit referrals, referrals which absolutely highlighted for protective services that young people were incredibly vulnerable, she said. The man she accused of assaulting her walked free. 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. But the consequences of what happened to her are still preventing her from moving on with her life. It was outrageous. [2] One 13-year-old victim had an abortion after becoming pregnant. In October 2010 the M.E.N. Assistant Chief Constable Steve Heywood said that about 550 officers were working on Operation Doublet in May 2013. 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. 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.. I'm only a kid - why is it always me? Research has found that group-based child sexual exploitation offenders are most commonly white. It was not until summer 2011 that Nazir Afzal, the new regional head of the CPS, reversed the decision not to prosecute. The investigation slowly built a compelling case, away from the public gaze. 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. "At first I thought it was great because nothing sexual had happened, I thought I could just get all of this stuff for free.". Molly Windsor, Liv Hill and Ria Zmitrowicz feature as a trio of girls drawn into the frightening world of sexual exploitation. Three Girls: Maggie Oliver says known paedophiles are still abusing girls in Rochdale and authorities are 'more interested in covering up mistakes', according to one officer who was involved. Finally, officers did not challenge a Crown Prosecution Service decision not to prosecute. "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. Sun Online looks at the group from Rochdale and Oldham, who exploited girls as young as 1 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. Her evidence helped put abusers behind bars, yet Amber was vilified by the authorities and says her torment will never end. 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. 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. An independent report commissioned by Rochdale council said three employees had spoken of victims making life choices rather than being rape victims. Read about our approach to external linking. "Our understanding [of these crimes] at the time wasn't as developed and our practice wasn't as improved as it is today. The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331. 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. [44], One study suggested that the British media's portrayal of South Asian men as perpetrators of sexual violence against white victims is an example of a moral panic. [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. "I'm nearly 30 years old, this started when I was 12," she says. Department: 7014 LCMT CASE MGMT. 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. Indeed one witness, said in the course of the trial that he did not wish to be seen with young white girls in his community in Oldham.. This reluctance was because shed been in this position before. Speaking at the conclusion of a 10-week trial at Liverpool Crown. 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. Daisy had ambitions to become a social worker, to use her painful past to help others in the future. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. "It's not an excuse that's the reality of where we are. [5] The girls were mainly White British. Police said the victims were from chaotic, council estate backgrounds and as many as 50 girls could have been victims of the gang. [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. 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". "That can't make sense.". Who were the men in the Rochdale grooming gang and what happened to them? [19] "[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. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) investigated Kabeer Hassan and another man, aged 59. 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. In other words, victims of horrific abuse had been ignored until one of them - the girl who smashed up the takeaway - finally made her story heard. Parents felt agencies "failed to work together", did not listen or keep them informed. She plans to become a social worker, partly due to the ordeal she suffered while still a vulnerable young girl. 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