4 h. ago 'Human errors' led to grooming gang cases being dropped, review finds amid huge NCA investigation

Thousands of cases of rape and sexual assault are being reviewed as part of the National Crime Agency’s Operation Beaconport

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4 h. ago Grooming gang investigations dropped by police because of ‘potentially human error’

Thousands of investigations that ended without a conviction will be reviewed as part of Operation Beaconport

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4 h. ago Grooming gang investigations dropped due to ‘human error’, early review suggests

Initial inquiries by a national taskforce suggest available lines of inquiry were not pursued in some sex abuse gang cases.

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10 h. ago Calls for other grooming gang member to be deported after accomplice flees UK

It emerged that one convicted member of the gang, Adil Khan, will not be able to return to the country

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21 h. ago 'Possible human remains' found in bag at popular beauty spot sparking police probe

Officers were alerted to the discovery in the Arthurston Road area of Alexandria at about 9.45am on Sunday. Police said the contents of the bag are being assessed and that inquiries are ongoing

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29 h. ago 'Vile' Rochdale grooming gang member will NOT able to return to UK after fleeing

The news comes amid pressure to deport Khan to Pakistan

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29 h. ago Grooming gang victims to have criminal convictions quashed after sickening injustice

Hundreds of grooming gangs victims who were unjustly criminalised while their abusers walked free will have convictions quashed, the Government has announced

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35 h. ago Rochdale grooming gang 'monster' who trafficked vulnerable girls and made a 13

To the fury of victims, Adil Khan - who sickeningly claimed he shouldn't be sent back to Pakistan because he was a 'role model' for his teenage son - has fought a long-running battle to remain in the UK.

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39 h. ago Rochdale grooming gang member has 'left the country', police confirm

Adil Khan fought a long legal battle against deportation

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39 h. ago After mistaken deportation, Abrego Garcia fights smuggling charges. Here's what to know

The man whose mistaken deportation galvanized opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies is charged in federal court in Tennessee with human smuggling

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7 d. ago Girl 'had sex with Rochdale grooming gang member who she thought she was in relationship with up to 15 times in his car', court hears

Sucklane Shah, 46, is one of six men on trial at Manchester Minshull Street Court accused of various sexual offences against Girl C and/or Girl A on various dates between 2003 and 2006.

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7 d. ago Grooming gang accuser denies she made mistake in identity of attacker

Prosecutors say Girl C was one of two vulnerable school pupils who was "easy prey" and passed around for sex and abused "in the most humiliating and degrading way imaginable".

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8 d. ago Theresa May criticises Tory policy on net zero, judges and human rights

The former prime minister’s government committed the UK to reaching net zero by 2050.

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8 d. ago Nigel Farage appears alongside grooming gang victim to declare Labour's sex abuse inquiry 'dead in the water' as he calls for MPs to set up their OWN commission

The Reform UK leader claimed the public were 'running out of patience' with the Government's promised inquiry, which is yet to get up and running.

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8 d. ago Moment Romanian grooming gang ringleader sings to 50 Cent's 'P.I.M.P.' while driving

Ringleader Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, and four associates drugged their victims, aged between 16 and 30, at flats across Dundee between 2021 and 2022.

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8 d. ago Nigel Farage appears alongside grooming gang victim to declare Labour's sex abuse inquiry 'dead in the water' as he calls for MPs set up their OWN commission

The Reform UK leader claimed the public were 'running out of patience' with the Government's promised inquiry, which is yet to get up and running.

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8 d. ago Romanian grooming gang led by 'smirking pimp' are jailed for grooming vulnerable women and forcing them to take part in 'sex games'

Ringleader Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, and four associates drugged their victims - aged between 16 and 30 - at flats across Dundee between 2021 and 2022.

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8 d. ago Chilling image shows knife seized from sick grooming gang leader

Photos released after the trial show the long, sharp knife the ringleader used to threaten vulnerable victims in Dundee.

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8 d. ago Ringleader of Romanian grooming gang filmed smirking and winking to 50 Cent song 'PIMP'

Mircea Marian Cumpanasoiu, 37, Christian Urlateanu, 41, Alexandra Bugonea, 35, Remus Stan, 35, and Cataline Dobre, 45, gave victims drugs and alcohol at brothels in Dundee.

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8 d. ago Romanian grooming gang led by 'smirking pimp' are jailed for grooming vulnerable Scottish women and forcing them to take part in 'sex games'

Ringleader Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, and four associates drugged their victims - aged between 16 and 30 - at flats across Dundee between 2021 and 2022.

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