The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. "[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". Nine men have been convicted of sexually exploiting young girls in Greater Manchester. Research has found that group-based child sexual exploitation offenders are most commonly white. The trial at Liverpool Crown Court in 2012 heard five girls - aged between 13 and 15 - were given alcohol, food and money in return for sex but there were times when violence was used. 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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. 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. [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. Some of the men involved were arrested, tried and found guilty. Shabir Ahmed, who abused dozens of vulnerable teenagers, was known as "Dadd 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. 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. Although a court order prevented her being named, everyone in her local community knew who she was. Speaking before the airing of a new BBC1 drama, Three Girls - which tells the story of three victims in the 2012 Rochdale sex grooming case - Margaret Oliver said police had still not learned. I didnt know what that meant. She was held in custody for hours before being released on bail. Why has nothing happened to these men? Nine men of mainly Pakistani heritage were convicted in 2012 after a long, complex trial for offences that happened in and around Rochdale in 2008 and 2009. And Ive done nothing wrong I was a victim of these men at the age of 14. '", 'We should have listened to he broken teenagers'. 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. Rochdale grooming case - what really happened? Must demonstrate independence and competence in the duties on a variety of procedures. The victims were coerced and bribed into keeping quiet about the abuse by a combination of alcohol and drugs, food, small sums of money and other gifts. We were making referrals from 2004, very explicit referrals, referrals which absolutely highlighted for protective services that young people were incredibly vulnerable, she said. Read about our approach to external linking. The period during the buildup to the trial of the men accused of being part of the grooming gang, was dark for Amber. 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. 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. [5], In March 2015, Greater Manchester Police apologised for its failure to investigate the child sexual exploitation allegations more thoroughly between 2008 and 2010. [41][42][43], Two of the convicted gang members worked at Eagle Taxis, which was taken over by Car 2000 after the scandal. There was a "shocking" inability to protect seven vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation, a report into the Rochdale grooming case has said. Who were the men in the Rochdale grooming gang and what happened to them? 2023 BBC. 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 uncovered would become a national scandal. "I felt let down," she said. I agreed to help the police to stop it happening to others, Amber wrote to Oliver in the midst of her campaign for justice. 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. Later, Rochdale sexual health worker Sara Rowbotham told an inquiry that all the girls had been treated appallingly by protective services. 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[33] After members of the Rochdale gang were sentenced, the UK's Department for Education announced new funding for a specialist foster care scheme to protect vulnerable children in residential care, where some victims had been. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. It was absolute disrespect that vulnerable young people did not have a voice. "At first I felt really bad, dirty and ashamed. [13], As a result of the CPS dropping the case, the police halted their investigation, which was resumed when a second girl made complaints of a similar nature in December 2009. Because she was not involved in the trial, and therefore did not give evidence, she had no opportunity to defend herself. Full-Time. 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. Rochdale grooming gang members could be deported to Pakistan; . [5] The girls were mainly White British. 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. Sir Peter said Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has set up an independent commission to look into the handling of cases involving teenagers with chaotic lifestyles. They were overlooked, they were discriminated against.. "Most people would say it is crazy that there are 17 or 18 different agencies in a place like Rochdale in charge of children," he said. 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. 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. Nothing happened. Writing for HuffPost UK, chief executive Javed Khan of childrens charity Barnardos described Three Girls as absolutely vital viewing.. By then police were investigating allegations from another girl about on-street grooming in Heywood. 2023 BBC. A chance to stop the gang was missed in 2008 and both the police and the CPS were forced to apologise for their failings. BBC Ones new drama Three Girls launched on Tuesday to five million viewers. Of the three not convicted, one was cleared of all charges, the jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of the second, and the third was not present at the trial after fleeing to Pakistan whilst on bail. The grooming and subsequent abuse - which centred around the town of Heywood - began when the woman, now aged 19, was a 15-year-old schoolgirl. Known as the "Rochdale Grooming" case, over 1400 vulnerable children were systematically abused by gangs of men between 2005 and 2013. 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. Girls aged between 13 and 15 were trafficked, prostituted, raped and assaulted by the gang. On 9 May 2012, the Rochdale grooming trial reached its conclusion. At best this was distracting for leaders and influenced the areas that resources were focused on". He said the actions of criminals who thought "white teenage girls are worthless and can be abused" were "bringing shame on our community. She continued to receive phone calls from her abusers, and cars with drivers she recognised were parking outside. 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. I think it's wrong that she be held back in this way.". She said that seven officers had been served with misconduct notices, but no further disciplinary action would be taken against them. The gang of nine men received jail sentences of between four and 19 years from a judge who said they treated their victims as though they were worthless and beyond any respect. The testimony of one of the five victims of the Rochdale grooming ring revealed the depth of the exploitation she suffered. Nine men were convicted, of whom eight were of British Pakistani origin and one was an Afghan asylum-seeker. Ive got a box in the back of my head, and I just put it all in there and its locked away.. She added: "The danger with saying that the problem is with one ethnicity is that then people will only be on the lookout for that group and will risk missing other threats. The dramatisation tells the story of three children who were victims in the scandal and stars Maxine Peake as sexual health worker Sara, who recorded and reported cases of child abuse for years. Stephen Watson says force had lacked professional curiosity when it came to young victims of grooming gangs 19 Apr 2022 Rochdale victim: 'I was groomed at 14, then the courts came for my. Handout pictures released by Greater Manchester police in 2012 show eight of nine men convicted in connection with the child sexual exploitation ring. It was unfortunate that it was about attitudes towards teenagers. 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. Posted: February 21, 2023. "[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. In relation to historical failures, he apologised to Daisy. 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. Maggie Oliver was again left fuming when one of the girls she had talked round - a victim of abuse - was placed in the indictment that went before the jury. "Why have I still got a criminal record? "I tried to say no in a nice way, but he wasn't having it.". Even when the authorities did recognise the problem, their slow reaction allowed the abusers to carry on exploiting their victims for years. Why's nothing happened to the police? Social services became involved when she started to arrive at school dirty and sometimes smelling of alcohol. There was a string of different inquiries into what went wrong. [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. Shed been the victim of abuse from the age of 14. 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. She told me: Police werent arsed with us, really. Mohammed Amin received a five-year sentence for sexual assault and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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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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. The abuse of minor female children that occurred in 2008 and 2009 centred around two takeaways in Heywood near Rochdale. In 2009, when Amber was 16, uniformed officers arrived at her mothers house, arrested her and took her to the police station. But the consequences of what happened to her are still preventing her from moving on with her life. Police began to investigate child grooming in Rochdale almost by accident. "[39], Nazir Afzal, who as the newly appointed chief crown prosecutor decided to bring the case to trial, said that sex, not race, was the key issue: "There is no community where women and girls are not vulnerable to sexual attack and that's a fact. "[36] Narey rejected the idea that such gangs were specifically targeting white girls, but suggested vulnerable girls on the street were more likely to be white since Asian girls were subjected to strict parenting and were more likely to be kept off the streets. Police failed to tell council about arrest of Rochdale grooming gang leader who was employed as welfare rights officer Casework by police and social care was "very poor" in 10 sample cases The serious case review looked at six girls who suffered sexual exploitation in Heywood, Rochdale between 2007 and 2010. The inspector concluded the abuse could have stopped if the authorities had stepped in sooner. 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. 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. Daisy had ambitions to become a social worker, to use her painful past to help others in the future. In 2017, the BBC aired the drama "Three Girls" which featured the story of . [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." 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. Back in the police station, the girl who had just vandalised the takeaway provided a detailed account of the abuse and the perpetrators as well as evidence in the form of her underwear, which carried traces of one of her attackers' DNA. "[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". 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. 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. [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 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. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. During that period, Amber by now pregnant and living in a one-room flat continued to be targeted by the grooming gangs. A much bigger case had been built but, importantly, he simply believed his star witness. Critics say the delays meant more girls were left to be abused while the criminal justice system slowly changed its course. 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). 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. 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'. The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331. The trial of nine of the grooming gang was pending, and in the meantime, despite never having been informed, arrested or cautioned, Amber was added to the indictment by the CPS as a co-conspirator. Id been used. The women, who cannot be named for. A serious case review by the Rochdale. These involved the grooming and sexual exploitation of several girls, aged in their early teens. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 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. I felt sick, got upset nothing never no one from police came to me to explain why I was no longer going to court. 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. "[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. I think it was because they were afraid of being called racist. 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. 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". Greater Manchester Police said officers are becoming want to make sure Payton is 'safe and well'. Adil Khan was sentenced to eight years for the same offences. In October 2010 the M.E.N. 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. [32], In 2011, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre launched a five-month long investigation into whether there was a link between racial profile and the crime of underage grooming. Her evidence helped put abusers behind bars, yet Amber was vilified by the authorities and says her torment will never end. "We would get free alcohol and cigarettes, food, free taxis," she said. Read about our approach to external linking. Assistant Chief Constable Dawn Copley said that, at the time of the earlier investigation, "there was a strong target driven focus, predominantly on serious acquisitive crime. 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. 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