3 d. ago ‘Unjust’ grooming ‘child prostitution’ convictions to be pardoned

Home Office acknowledges victims were ‘criminalised for actions that occurred under duress, fear and coercion’

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3 d. ago Government issues statement on Oldham grooming gangs inquiry

Home Office minister Jess Phillips has given an update

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4 d. 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 d. 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 d. 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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4 d. 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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4 d. ago Child prostitution convictions of abuse victims to be pardoned under law change

The move acts on one of 12 recommendations made by Baroness Louise Casey in her review of grooming gangs published in June.

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5 d. 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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5 d. 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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5 d. 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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6 d. ago Rochdale grooming gang member has 'left the country', police confirm

Adil Khan fought a long legal battle against deportation

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1 week ago Nigel Farage urged to apologise to five survivors of grooming gangs for 'ignorance and untrue statements'

Reform UK leader suggested the women invited on to the child sexual exploitation inquiry panel were victims of other types of child sexual abuse

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1 week ago Farage urged to apologise to female survivors of grooming gangs

Five women called for an apology after Mr Farage suggested the women were victims of other types of child sexual abuse.

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1 week ago Female survivors of grooming gangs demand apology from Nigel Farage

Exclusive: Five women said Reform leader’s comments that they were victims of other types of sexual abuse were ‘degrading’Five women have asked for an apology from Nigel Farage after he suggested they were not victims of grooming gangs.Last week, they wrote to Keir Starmer saying they would only remain on a panel advising the government’s inquiry into the issue if the safeguarding minister Jess Phillips stayed in post and “anyone who believes their evidence should be included” could contribute. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Urgently set up taskforce to tackle grooming gangs, Ash Regan tells Government

The independent MSP raised a late night urgent question a day after a Romanian gang was sentenced for crimes including rape.

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1 week ago Sadiq Khan squirms as he's challenged on grooming gangs during tense ITV News interview

Sadiq Khan squirms as he's challenged on grooming gangs during tense ITV News interview  Daily Express

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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week ago London could be 'last great grooming scandal to be uncovered', Nigel Farage warns

The Reform UK leader (pictured, with survivor Ellie Reynolds) accused the Labour mayor of denying the existence of grooming gangs in the capital.

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1 week ago These are the unspeakable stories women shared with me about their abuse at the hands of Asian grooming gangs in London. Forget what Sadiq Khan says, this is the truth: CHARLIE PETERS

Like her abusers in Rotherham - and in Bradford, where she was also trafficked - the men she met were of Pakistani heritage. This time, however, they spoke with London accents.

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