The case, which concluded on Friday with all seven gang members being convicted of rape, has laid bare the shocking failure of police and social workers to protect their vulnerable young victims. Events
The prime minister has bowed to pressure to agree to set up an inquiry into grooming gangs with legal powers to call witnesses Events
The abuse took place ‘under the noses of social workers and others who should have done far more to protect them’, a court heard Events
Kasir Bashir, 50, was convicted in his absence - jurors weren't told he had fled the country Events
The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006. Events
