Police list identifies ‘grooming hotspots’ in Newcastle

Takeaways, gyms and public open spaces have been named among “grooming hotspots” in part of an official document leaked online. The list was compiled by Northumbria Police for internal purposes but part of it has been seen by the BBC. … Continue reading →

Grooming gangs ‘are abusing girls across the country’, victims and investigators warn

Call for action comes as Bradford records 62 per cent rise in the number of referrals to its specialist child sexual exploitation service Grooming gangs across the country are repeating the horrific abuse exposed in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford and most recently Newcastle, victims and … Continue reading →

Kurdish gang ‘raped girls and plied them with drugs’ in Newcastle

An Asian grooming gang raped and abused vulnerable white girls who they viewed as “commodities”, a court has been told. The gang, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, controlled the girls with drugs and alcohol, contacted them on Facebook to discuss … Continue reading →

Ruthlessly Silenced

By lying to ourselves, more vulnerable girls are put at risk BRITISH author Frances Hardinge once wrote: “Truth is dangerous. It topples palaces and kills kings…And yet there is one thing that is more dangerous than Truth. Those who would … Continue reading →

Solicitor General: Asian gangs must be handed longer sentences for targeting white girls

Judges must give longer sentences to Asian Muslim grooming gangs who abuse white teenage girls when there is evidence of racism, the Government’s senior legal advisor has said. Robert Buckland, the Solicitor General, told The Telegraph that racism “cuts all … Continue reading →

Fighting sex abuse overrides cultural harmony, says Rudd

Cultural sensitivities must not be allowed to deter work aimed at uncovering child sex abuse, the home secretary has said. Amber Rudd spoke after the convictions of 17 men and one woman three days ago for the sexual abuse of … Continue reading →

Andrew Norfolk’s Perspective

A disturbing pattern is repeated again, and more cases to come The Northumbria prosecution means that Newcastle upon Tyne has joined a growing list of towns and cities in which groups of south Asian men have stood trial for street-grooming … Continue reading →

Newcastle grooming gang – more from The Times

Ex-police chief Sue Sim ‘appalled’ at use of rapist in Newcastle grooming case The former chief constable who set up a sex-grooming investigation in which a child rapist was paid to be a police informant said yesterday that she was … Continue reading →

Rotherham sex abuse survivor criticises payment to paedophile informant

A woman abused by a sex gang leader in Rotherham has criticised a decision to pay a child rapist £10,000 to infiltrate a paedophile ring. Sammy Woodward, now in her 30s but who was 14 when she was abused, spoke … Continue reading →

Police paid child rapist to infiltrate sex-grooming gang

Police secretly paid £10,000 to a child rapist who attended parties where men drugged and sexually abused young girls. Officers were aware of his conviction when they recruited him in 2014 to spy on a gang of men, mainly of … Continue reading →