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South Yorkshire Police warned twice of Rotherham child abuse but did not act, as commissioner claims girls were seen as 'willing'
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of The Independent (One of the UK's leading newspapers)
Posted: May 11th, 2015
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/south-yorkshi...
Senior members of South Yorkshire police were warned twice of the serious child abuse being carried out in Rotherham around a decade before it was discovered 1,400 children had been raped, trafficked and groomed over a period of 16 years but no action was taken at the time. The Sheffield Star has obtained reports from 2003 and 2006 detailing the organised child sexual exploitation being carried out in Rotherham and Sheffield. Dr Angie Heal, the author of the reports, stated at the time it was very evident that significant abuse was taking place in Sheffield and Rotherham, in 2003, and in 2006 found that that the perpetrators of sexual abuse had been able to carry on with impunity. The reports were sent to both South Yorkshire Police district commanders, chief superintendents and CID and community safety superintendents at the time, but no action was taken. As the news of the warnings emerge, South Yorkshires current police and crime commissioner has [stated], We saw these girls not as victims but as troublesome young people out of control, and willing participants. We saw it as child prostitution rather than child abuse, and I think that was broadly accepted and thats why it all went wrong. Dr Heal told the Sheffield Star that child sexual exploitation had been put in the too hard to deal with tray and a senior police officer informed her at the time that burglary and car crime were policing priorities set by the government.
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