6 h. ago Police whistleblower reveals 'serious question' that STILL needs to be answered around Rochdale grooming gangs

Ex-detective Maggie Oliver quit Greater Manchester Police after the force failed to act on allegations of widespread child grooming and sex abuse.

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5 d. ago Emmerdale teen sold for sex in harrowing grooming ordeal as drugs storyline takes dark turn

EMMERDALE is to feature one of its most disturbing storylines yet as a teenager is sold for sex. The ITV soap is set to have teen April Windsor suffer a horrendous ordeal at the hands of drug dealer Ray and his gangster boss Celia. Viewers know that April and Dylan are being groomed by Ray...

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7 d. ago Rochdale grooming gang among those locked up this week in Greater Manchester

The Manchester Evening News has looked back on the cases before our courts this week

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8 d. ago How victims are learning to trust again as Rochdale grooming gang members jailed

The Manchester Evening News has spoken to Detective Superintendent Alan Clitherow and Assistant Directorate Manager of Manchester’s Saint Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre to discover what is being done to ensure victims are listened to, believed and trusted

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8 d. ago KEMI BADENOCH: How scandal of grooming gangs was the tipping point for me over the European human rights convention

KEMI BADENOCH:It is time for Britain to leave the European Convention on Human Rights. I have not taken this decision lightly.

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9 d. ago Emmerdale fans 'work out' who takes Ceila Daniels down and it's not who you'd expect

Celia Daniels has been revealed as the mastermind behind the drugs gang grooming youngsters Dylan Penders and April Windsor but fans think she will be taken down very soon

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1 week ago Rochdale grooming gang's 'depraved' crimes treating schoolgirls as 'sex slaves'

Mohammed Zahid, 65 Mushtaq Ahmed, 67, Kasir Bashir, Mohammed Shahzad, 44, Naheem Akram, 49, Nisar Hussain, 41 and Roheez Khan were jailed for a total of 174 years

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1 week ago Rochdale grooming gang victims ‘seriously let down’ by authorities, says judge

Seven Asian men received lengthy jail sentences for committing various sexual offences against the then schoolgirls between 2001 and 2006.

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1 week ago Asian grooming gang who raped two white schoolgirls and passed them around as 'sex slaves' in Rochdale are jailed for 174 years

Mohammed Zahid, 65, gave free underwear from his lingerie stall at Rochdale Indoor Market to both teenagers, with money, alcohol and food.

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1 week ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang led by 'boss man' who raped two white schoolgirls after luring them in from his market stall are jailed for 174 years

Mohammed Zahid, 65, gave free underwear from his lingerie stall at Rochdale Indoor Market to both teenagers, with money, alcohol and food.

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1 week ago Ringleader of Rochdale grooming gang jailed for 35 years for rape and abuse

Six other men sentenced to terms of up to 29 years after two girls treated as ‘sex slaves’ from the age of 13 Seven men who groomed two vulnerable teenage girls in Rochdale and treated them as “sex slaves” have been jailed for between 12 and 35 years.The ringleader, Mohammed Zahid, 65, of Crumpsall, was given the longest sentence of 35 years. He was convicted of raping two girls, identified in court only as Girl A and Girl B, on multiple occasions. He was also found guilty of offences of indecency with a child and procuring a child to have sex. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang 'boss man' who raped two white schoolgirls is jailed for 35 years

Mohammed Zahid, 65, gave free underwear from his lingerie stall at Rochdale Indoor Market to both teenagers, with money, alcohol and food.

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1 week ago Rochdale grooming gang 'boss man' felt 'untouchable' as he's jailed for raping girls

A man found guilty of grooming and raping two schoolgirls with other men in Rochdale has been sent to jail as the so-called 'boss man' was said to feel 'almost untouchable'

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2 w. ago I was raped & passed around 50 men in grooming gang from aged 12 – cops walked in during sex assault but arrested ME

A GROOMING gang survivor, who has told how she was raped and abused by over 50 Asian men from the age of 12, says she is desperate for justice but does not trust it will ever be delivered. Jamie Leigh Jones, who has bravely waived her right to anonymity, told The Sun how gangs of...

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2 w. ago My mum was raped by a grooming gangs predator when she was just a schoolgirl

Jodie Sheeran was just 14 years old when she was raped by a member of a grooming gang, and died in 2022 having never found justice. Now, the family say they have again been 'misled'.

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2 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang victim took her own life after police refused to help

Officers snubbed calls to search for suicidal grooming gang victim, while NHS services denied her a place on mental health ward

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2 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang victim who suffered 'significant sexual abuse' took her own life after being removed from hospital, coroner rules

Charlotte Tetley (pictured), 33, saw her mental health spiral after she was taken off an inpatient bed list on June 25 last year, assistant coroner for Cheshire, Sarah Murphy, said.

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3 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang victim killed herself after 'mental health battle'

Charlotte Tetley, 33, deliberately sat on train tracks after battling a 'complex longstanding mental health history'

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3 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang victim who suffered significant sexual abuse killed herself aged 33 after years of mental health battles, inquest hears

Charlotte Tetley, 33, (pictured) deliberately sat on train tracks until she was fatally hit after battling a 'complex longstanding mental health history', an inquest heard.

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3 w. ago ‘Real risk’ of Scotland falling behind in tackling grooming gangs, Tories claim

A Tory amendment which would have required research into child sexual abuse and exploitation to be carried out was voted down by MSPs,

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