5 h. ago Neighbours' fury as Rochdale grooming gang leader throws parties in house fitted with police panic alarm after using legal loophole to dodge deportation

The convicted paedophile, 55, was one of nine men jailed in 2012 for raping and trafficking vulnerable girls across northern England in a case that shocked the country.

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18 h. ago Johnny Depp singles out ‘three people’ who ‘did me dirty’ during Amber Heard trial

‘Those people were at my kids’ parties. Throwing them in the air,’ said the actor

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20 h. ago Police want to speak to these six men after 'scenes of panic' on Deansgate

Violence erupted the night before Manchester United v FC Twente

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4 d. ago Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch's kids ‘scream’ as police and fire brigade rush to mansion

Abbey Clancy was left in a panic as the police and fire brigade were called to her £3million mansion after she set off the fire alarm while making a steak for husband Peter Crouch

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4 d. ago Labour MP who was groomed as teenager shares powerful message over Tory 'point scoring'

Natalie Fleet delivered a powerful message to Kemi Badenoch as she said 'I do not know how she dare' after the Tory leader claimed victory when a national inquiry into the grooming gang scandal was announced

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6 d. ago Revealed: The eight perverted grooming gangs convicted of preying on girls

In Rochdale alone, eight rings of mainly Pakistani-heritage paedophiles have been convicted of preying on largely white girls in the early 2000s - and a further 20 men are awaiting trial.

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7 d. ago 'They knew what was going on... nobody was concerned enough to do anything. It's vile'

'They knew what was going on'

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7 d. ago Revealed: How Rochdale social services workers failed two teenage girls who were repeatedly raped by Asian men

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.

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7 d. ago PAUL WAUGH: 'In Rochdale, we know all too well the trauma girls suffered from grooming gangs'

Paul Waugh, the Labour MP for Rochdale, writes for the Mirror that there can be 'no cover ups' in the pursuit of those who failed the victims of vile grooming gangs

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer agrees to national inquiry into grooming gang scandal after months of pressure

The prime minister has bowed to pressure to agree to set up an inquiry into grooming gangs with legal powers to call witnesses

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8 d. ago MP slams 'sickening crimes' of Rochdale grooming gang as he makes new inquiry demand

The abuse took place ‘under the noses of social workers and others who should have done far more to protect them’, a court heard

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9 d. ago The moment Rochdale groomers were finally grilled over sickening crimes against two teenage girls

The sexual predators were questioned over a string of allegations relating to two victims

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9 d. ago Hunt for fugitive Rochale grooming gang member who was found guilty of raping and abusing teenage girl as police warn him 'you can run but you can't hide'

Kasir Bashir, 50, (pictured) was absent throughout his trial - despite answering bail on a weekly basis since being charged in 2023.

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9 d. ago Moment Asian Rochdale sex groomers turn on each other: Paedophiles who raped teenage girls nearly come to blows in police station as they blame each other

Naheem Akram, 48, and Nisar Hussain, 41, came close to trading blows as they blamed each other for being part of the Asian gang that raped teenage girls.

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9 d. ago International manhunt underway for Rochdale grooming gang 'coward' who fled the country

Kasir Bashir, 50, was convicted in his absence - jurors weren't told he had fled the country

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9 d. ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang found guilty of raping and abusing two teenage girls who were used as 'sex slaves' over period of five years

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.

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9 d. ago Seven men who groomed vulnerable girls in Rochdale guilty of multiple sex offences

Jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts for 50 offences committed by the men between 2001 and 2006Seven men who groomed two vulnerable teenage girls in Rochdale and treated them as “sex slaves” have been found guilty of multiple sex offences.A long-running trial in Manchester heard that the men subjected the girls to years of misery and expected them to have sex with them “whenever and wherever they wanted”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang who used two teenage girls as sex slaves from the age of 13 face years in jail after being convicted of rape and indecency

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.

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9 d. ago 'The cracks were starting to appear': The moment Rochdale groomer assaulted another abuser in police station

Greater Manchester Police released a CCTV clip of their encounter after they were convicted

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9 d. ago Rochdale grooming gang are convicted of sex offences against two teenage girls over five

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.

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