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Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police have so far paid more than £2m to solicitors defending compensation claims from victims of the town’s child sexual exploitation scandal – significantly more than the amount paid for settled claims to date. The … Continue reading
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Andrew Norfolk More than 420 suspected offenders are under investigation in a £100 million criminal inquiry triggered by the Rotherham sex grooming scandal, it has been revealed. The figure was released by the National Crime Agency (NCA) as seven men … Continue reading
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FORMER South Yorkshire Police officers are working on the operation to investigate historic child abuse in Rotherham — after a U-turn by the National Crime Agency. A number of former SYP officers have been hired by the NCA to work … Continue reading
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SEVEN men have been found guilty of child sexual exploitation (CSE) offences against five girls — and an eighth man has been cleared of all charges. Six men from Rotherham, and one from Sheffield, were found guilty of 24 offences … Continue reading
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A JURY has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of eight men accused of child sexual exploitation offences against five girls. Seven men from Rotherham, and one from Sheffield, are on trial at Sheffield Crown Court accused of … Continue reading
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A JUDGE is summing up in the trial of eight men accused of child sexual exploitation offences against five girls. The men are standing trial at Sheffield Crown Court accused of 27 counts of child sexual exploitation offences committed between … Continue reading
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Meet Huddersfield’s ‘Girl A’ – groomed, raped, beaten and only discarded by gang when she fell pregnant Groomed in year nine of school, she was sexually abused countless times until she was pregnant and deemed ‘too old’ Vulnerable from being … Continue reading
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Twenty men have been found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that raped and abused girls as young as 11 in Huddersfield. The men were convicted of more than 120 offences against 15 girls. Victims were plied with … Continue reading
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CHILD abuse survivor Sammy Woodhouse said she was “chuffed” to be nominated for an award that recognises women who work against male violence. Sammy (pictured) – now a child sexual exploitation campaigner – is one of nine women on the … Continue reading
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A MAN accused of abducting a girl and sexually abusing her in a country park 16 years ago has told a jury the complainant “was lying then and is lying now”. The defendant — who cannot be named for legal … Continue reading
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