It revealed that some CSC staff have been subjected to disciplinary action, although no-one is thought to have been sacked. 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. 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 . Ive got a box in the back of my head, and I just put it all in there and its locked away.. The testimony of one of the five victims of the Rochdale grooming ring revealed the depth of the exploitation she suffered. 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. 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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. Her evidence helped put abusers behind bars, yet Amber was vilified by the authorities and says her torment will never end. There was a "shocking" inability to protect seven vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation, a report into the Rochdale grooming case has said. There was a "shocking" inability to protect seven vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation, a report into the Rochdale grooming case has said. 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. 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. Must demonstrate independence and competence in the duties on a variety of procedures. It was like a casual, Oh, bring your friends. She was a vulnerable child, being sexually abused, controlled and in fear. A significant proportion of cases were labelled as no further action needed and the leadership team were not interested in childrens social care. She told me: Police werent arsed with us, really. 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. We need to remember and learn from the mistakes of the past to ensure they are not repeated. 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. 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. Torrance, CA. The investigation was suddenly scrapped with no-one arrested or charged. [5] The girls were mainly White British. Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk (Labour) said agencies had actively ignored the abuse and that "social services believed these girls were making lifestyle choices". 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. Girls aged between 13 and 15 were trafficked, prostituted, raped and assaulted by the gang. Abdul Rauf was sentenced to six years for trafficking for sexual exploitation and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. 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. Amber was also threatened at gunpoint by a man whom she subsequently identified to the police. I never thought that they would do what they did to me, because you don't think that would happen.". said in its review into child sexual exploitation after the trial. A serious case review by the Rochdale. More arrests, and more . 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. My name has been dragged through the mud. Nine men were convicted of sex trafficking and other offences including rape, trafficking girls for sex and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child in May 2012. [53], On 13 March 2015, Greater Manchester Police apologised for its failure to investigate child sexual exploitation allegations more thoroughly between 2008 and 2010. I push thoughts about the abuse out of my head. I gave hours of interviews, reliving all the abuse. I agreed to help the police to stop it happening to others, Amber wrote to Oliver in the midst of her campaign for justice. 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. "Why have I still got a criminal record? The men who abused her have never been prosecuted. She specifically spoke of her abuse at the hands of two members of the gang who would later be jailed four years. 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. Amber had, under pressure from the abusers, taken some of her friends to the takeaway where the ringleaders operated from. She gave the police a list, at an early stage of Operation Span, with nicknames, telephone numbers and other details relating to offenders. [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. "It made me feel like I was pretty. 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. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) investigated Kabeer Hassan and another man, aged 59. 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." have fuelled fight-wing groups opposing multiculturalism and immigration. Nine men have been convicted of sexually exploiting young girls in Greater Manchester. 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. [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". [10] The gang worked to secure underage girls to rape and exploit.[11][12]. She not only suffered at the time [of the abuse] but she continues to suffer because of the criminal records. [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. Read about our approach to external linking. But wheres the evidence? It was unfortunate that it was about attitudes towards teenagers. I think it was because they were afraid of being called racist. [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. She's now in her late 20s. [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. 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. "I was scared telling them, because I didn't know what the consequences would be from the men. A chance to stop the gang was missed in 2008 and both the police and the CPS were forced to apologise for their failings. 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. 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. 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. Shabir Ahmed, who abused dozens of vulnerable teenagers, was known as "Dadd The recent BBC One drama Three Girls explored the harrowing true story of the Rochdale child grooming case. Nazir Afzal, the newly-appointed chief crown prosecutor for the north west, reversed the decision not to prosecute the two who had been arrested and eventually authorised the charging of ten men in June 2011. 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. [6] Sara Rowbotham, the sexual health worker who first recognised patterns of child abuse in the community and fought to bring these crimes to police attention, was made redundant in 2014. 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.. Id been used. Department: 7014 LCMT CASE MGMT. 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. Parents felt agencies "failed to work together", did not listen or keep them informed. File on 4 - Groomed, abused and put in prison: Rochdale's untold story will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday 14 July at 20:00 BST and repeated on Sunday 19 July at 17:00 BST. 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. "She yearns to put her awful experiences to some value. Police and social workers failed the girls who were "passed around for sex" by a gang of men, it said. "What they did to me was evil, they ripped away my dignity, my self-esteem," she said. A June 2008 report identified 50 children in the town at risk of sexual exploitation. "[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." When police arrived, she says they did not believe her version of events. I think it's wrong that she be held back in this way.". There was a string of different inquiries into what went wrong. Abdul Aziz, 51, Adil Khan, 51, and Qari Rauf, 52,. 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. Social services became involved when she started to arrive at school dirty and sometimes smelling of alcohol. "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.". The abuse of minor female children that occurred in 2008 and 2009 centred around two takeaways in Heywood near Rochdale. History was repeating itself, said Maggie. Rochdale grooming case - what really happened? As a result of police failures to respond to evidence, the men who had groomed the three children were able to continue . BBC Ones new drama Three Girls launched on Tuesday to five million viewers. Who were the men in the Rochdale grooming gang and what happened to them? [32] The inquiry issued its final report in November 2013. "At first I felt really bad, dirty and ashamed. Their treatment encompasses a range of catastrophic errors in one of the countrys most harrowing child sexual abuse scandals. . The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Job Description. [2][3][4] The men were British Pakistanis, which led to discussion on whether the failure to investigate them was linked to the authorities' fear of being accused of racial prejudice. There was a complete lack of understanding of the world in which they existed. [7] Actress Lesley Sharp played the police detective Margaret Oliver in the series. A June 2008 report to Rochdale safeguarding children board had identified 50 children at risk of sexual exploitation. A serious case review by the Rochdale. "[54], One of the seven officers retired without any sanctions being taken, even though his misconduct was found to have warranted disciplinary action. 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. While this is true, Amber believes that she was used as a scapegoat. 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. [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". "I know they believed me, they said to me at the end that something should have been done.". 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. 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. While GMP has finally settled the claim, which includes the personal apology from the chief constable, the DPP has so far resisted. Without Ambers initial evidence there might never have been a trial at all. Adil Khan was sentenced to eight years for the same offences. [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. 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. "Eventually I moved out of the area as I couldn't stay there anymore.". Tellingly, he added: I believe that one of the factors that led to that was that they were not of your community or religion. "[32] Further research has been pursued since late 2011 by the Office of the Children's Commissioner. 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. After the trials conclusion, there were public apologies from the police, the council and prosecutors for failing the victims. [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 they got into a fight and he hit her in the face. [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. 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. 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. "It's not an excuse that's the reality of where we are. In this case the judge did indicate his belief that the Rochdale gang had deliberately sought victims outside their own community. "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. Behind the scenes, however, there was consternation. It was then she told police for the first time what was going on. [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. 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. "I'm nearly 30 years old, this started when I was 12," she says. 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. Later, Rochdale sexual health worker Sara Rowbotham told an inquiry that all the girls had been treated appallingly by protective services. 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 man she accused of assaulting her walked free. He said: We now know that Rochdale was not an isolated case. "That can't make sense.". The abuse then continued, with a number of men who she had not seen before joining in. "You will be supported and you will be heard.". But the investigation, according to one officer who was involved, was a car crash. 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. She had worked on Operation Augusta in 2004 which examined the sexual abuse of white girls by Asian men in Hulme and Rusholme. Police said the victims were from chaotic, council estate backgrounds and as many as 50 girls could have been victims of the gang. They had to be assured that, as victims of sex crimes, they would be guaranteed anonymity for life. "This is something I feel very strongly about," she says. 2023 BBC. One in five children and young people who go missing from home or care is at risk of serious harm, with major concerns about the links between children running away and the risks of child sexual exploitation, it said. 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. "Lessons must be learnt from this report and measures implemented to ensure no other vulnerable children are treated as at fault. 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. 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. 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. [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]. [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. Amber was understandably reluctant to trust the police. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Shabir Ahmed received the longest sentence, 19 years for rape, aiding and abetting a rape, sexual assault, trafficking for sexual exploitation and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. Finally, officers did not challenge a Crown Prosecution Service decision not to prosecute. "[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 scandal shocked the nation - and helped change the way the criminal justice system treats victims of grooming. "At first I thought it was great because nothing sexual had happened, I thought I could just get all of this stuff for free.". Man United beat West Ham United 3-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening. [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. Following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court, nine men were convicted in May 2012. 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. I'm only a kid - why is it always me? 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. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. 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). In The Betrayed Girls, they speak to survivors, . Stephen Watson, chief constable of Greater Manchester police, made a personal apology to three of the Rochdale victims. 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