She added: "The danger with saying that the problem is with one ethnicity is that then people will only be on the lookout for that group and will risk missing other threats. During that period, Amber by now pregnant and living in a one-room flat continued to be targeted by the grooming gangs. It was only when she met Oliver in early 2012 that things started to change. She had a knack of speaking on a human level to estate kids and she was head-hunted by her bosses to persuade them to give evidence in the trial despite the woeful original investigation. A second serious case review looked at a separate case involving a seventh girl. "Eventually I moved out of the area as I couldn't stay there anymore.". Following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court, nine men were convicted in May 2012. The abuse continued for months, until one evening she was arrested by police for smashing the counter at a takeaway where some of the men met the girls. Handout pictures released by Greater Manchester police in 2012 show eight of nine men convicted in connection with the child sexual exploitation ring. That night it was Daisy who was arrested - and later convicted - of a public order offence. One victim was forced to have sex with at least 20 men in one night; another was forced to drink vodka, and was vomiting over the side of the bed while being raped by countless men. A serious case review by the Rochdale. She told me: It wasnt like a forced thing. This vulnerable girl had been failed.. The man she accused of assaulting her walked free. She has forced the police and social services to apologise to her for their behaviour. Instead of being seen as a victim, Daisy was arrested and prosecuted for offences - many directly linked to the abuse she was suffering. Instead, when she became upset and disruptive, she was arrested and later convicted of disorderly behaviour. It was not until summer 2011 that Nazir Afzal, the new regional head of the CPS, reversed the decision not to prosecute. While this is true, Amber believes that she was used as a scapegoat. "[30], Tim Loughton, the Minister for Children and Families, said that while there was no evidence that ethnic communities condoned child sexual abuse, he was concerned that some had been slow to report it to the police, and urged police and social workers not to allow "political correctness around ethnicity" to hinder their work to apprehend such criminals. "At first I thought it was great because nothing sexual had happened, I thought I could just get all of this stuff for free.". But the consequences of what happened to her are still preventing her from moving on with her life. It resulted in the conviction of nine men for offences including rape and human. "She yearns to put her awful experiences to some value. "[32] Further research has been pursued since late 2011 by the Office of the Children's Commissioner. Molly Windsor, Liv Hill and Ria Zmitrowicz feature as a trio of girls drawn into the frightening world of sexual exploitation. Nine men of mainly Pakistani. Mohammed Amin received a five-year sentence for sexual assault and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. [20], Four of the convicted, Shabir Ahmed, Adil Khan, Abdul Rauf and Abdul Aziz, who had dual British and Pakistani citizenships, were denaturalized (stripped of their British citizenship) by then Home Secretary Theresa May in order for them to be deported to Pakistan. Updated 10:45, 3 JUL 2017. Shabir Ahmed, who abused dozens of vulnerable teenagers, was known as "Dadd Nothing happened. To date, the CPS has not accepted any failure on its part and instead continues to herald this case as the first successful prosecution of a grooming gang. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) investigated Kabeer Hassan and another man, aged 59. Finally, officers did not challenge a Crown Prosecution Service decision not to prosecute. On one occasion he ordered a girl aged 15 to have sex with Kabeer Hassan, as a "treat" for his birthday Hassan then raped the girl. Read about our approach to external linking. He shouted in court, "Where are the white people? Abdul Rauf was sentenced to six years for trafficking for sexual exploitation and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. [10] The gang worked to secure underage girls to rape and exploit.[11][12]. Abdul Aziz received a similar sentence: nine years (concurrently) for trafficking for sexual exploitation and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. One of their victims tells her story. Now they werent prepared to do that. We were making referrals from 2004, very explicit referrals, referrals which absolutely highlighted for protective services that young people were incredibly vulnerable, she said. "[40], Hindu and Sikh groups have objected to media use of the "Asian" description saying that the culprits were "almost always of Pakistani origin" and "Muslim". Nine men were found guilty and sentenced to a total of 77 years in prison. Finally, after a gruelling 18 months and several hearings, the judge threw the case out. [32] Ella Cockbain and Helen Brayley pointed out, "There is no criminal offence of 'on-street grooming' and as a result it is very difficult to measure the extent of the crime based on court statistics. But not all. "[2][11] Shabir Ahmed's threatening behaviour and calling Judge Gerald Clifton a "racist bastard" resulted in him being banned from the court for the sentencing hearing. And Ive done nothing wrong I was a victim of these men at the age of 14. Shabir Ahmed received the longest sentence, 19 years for rape, aiding and abetting a rape, sexual assault, trafficking for sexual exploitation and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. [22] Suggestions emerged that police and social work departments failed to act when details of the gang emerged for fear of appearing racist, and vulnerable white teenagers being groomed by Pakistani men were ignored. I didnt want other people to feel how I felt. Her courage and Olivers support resulted in a database of abusers whom she identified by names, car registrations, telephone numbers and addresses. The recent BBC One drama Three Girls explored the harrowing true story of the Rochdale child grooming case. When police arrived, she says they did not believe her version of events. [25], The findings have been questioned by researchers Ella Cockbain and Helen Brayley, from whose work for the UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science The Times report had drawn much of its evidence. As a result of police failures to respond to evidence, the men who had groomed the three children were able to continue . She was vilified and nicknamed in the press as the Honey Monster. [32], Hilary Willmer, representing a Leeds-based support group for parents of sexually exploited girls, the Coalition for the Removal of Pimping (Crop), was quoted as saying "The vast majority [of] perpetrators are Pakistani Asians",[35] with sources inside Crop claiming a percentage as high as 80 per cent although, The Independent said that "Kurdish, Romanian and Albanian gangs were also involved". It took police 11 months to compile a file of evidence for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after interviewing the young victim from the takeaway on four separate occasions. Part of HuffPost News. [9] The men were aged between 24-59 and all knew each other. Two worked for the same taxi firm and another two worked at a takeaway restaurant; some came from the same village in Pakistan and another two men shared a flat. Some of you acted as you did to satiate your lust, some of you to make money, all of you treated them as though they were worthless and beyond respect.. They had to be assured that, as victims of sex crimes, they would be guaranteed anonymity for life. Her complaint was not taken seriously and she carried on being abused by the gang until December 2008 when she fell pregnant and moved away. The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. "[3], Sayeeda Warsi, co-chairperson of the Conservative Party, in an interview with the Evening Standard, said "You can only start solving a problem if you acknowledge it first," and added, "This small minority who see women as second class citizens, and white women probably as third class citizens, are to be spoken out against." One example mentioned was the issue of child protection for one of the victims, which was discussed in 40 meetings, without any record of police attendance. had learned about the investigation but after approaching GMP we were told to hold off until the victims had been spoken to. [1][8] Most of the men were married and well-respected within their community. Posted: February 21, 2023. "Why have I still got a criminal record? *To protect her identity the victim's name has been changed. [2] One 13-year-old victim had an abortion after becoming pregnant. The investigation slowly built a compelling case, away from the public gaze. Read about our approach to external linking. I never thought that they would do what they did to me, because you don't think that would happen.". Some studies suggest an overrepresentation of black and Asian offenders relative to the demographics of national populations. Not just once - but repeatedly - by a gang of men who would ply her with vodka and threaten her with violence unless she succumbed to horrific abuse. THE SICK leader of the Rochdale child sex abuse ring is serving a 22-year prison sentence for his role in the gang. I'm only a kid - why is it always me? I think it's wrong that she be held back in this way.". I felt sick, got upset nothing never no one from police came to me to explain why I was no longer going to court. Those failings allowed seven youngsters, and potentially dozens more later identified by police, to be exposed to a catalogue of horrific sex abuse at the hands of manipulative predators. ", Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board, Wigan driver waits to find out if he will be spared a road ban after driving at almost 100mph on the motorway, Police issue appeal to trace missing girl from Stockport, Urgent police appeal to locate missing teenage girl not seen for over 24 hours, Constance Marten's baby found in Brighton woodland Met Police say, Bolton Wanderers player Kyle Dempsey faces possible jail term - court, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon: Body found in search for missing baby, Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. The review recommended a "speedy resolution" to leadership failures. After a while, the girl was being driven to different houses or flats where there would be other men waiting. There were therefore many still walking free that had evaded detection. She described the Rochdale case as "even more disgusting" than cases of girls being passed around street gangs, as the perpetrators "were grown men, some of them religious teachers or running businesses, with young families of their own. Greater Manchester Police said officers are becoming want to make sure Payton is 'safe and well'. Amber still sees those whom she says raped, beat and tortured her, out and about in Rochdale. The Rochdale case was one of several cases which prompted investigations looking into the claim that "the majority of the perpetrators have been British Pakistani"; the first was by Quilliam in December 2017, which released a report entitled "Group Based Child Sexual Exploitation - Dissecting Grooming Gangs", which claimed 84% of offenders were Were told 84% of grooming gangs are Asian. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. The report also showed that more than 3,000 children under the age of 18 were reported missing in Greater Manchester in 2014. "Any criminal convictions that [Daisy] has, have been as a direct consequence of the abuse and exploitation. May stated the revocations were "conducive to the public good". [19] She still has a scar on her arm and as far as we know, the man who abused her was never investigated. [41][42][43], Two of the convicted gang members worked at Eagle Taxis, which was taken over by Car 2000 after the scandal. [1] One 13-year-old victim recounted that, after being forced to have sex in exchange for vodka, her abuser immediately raped her again and gave her 40 to not say anything about the incident. Rochdale grooming case - what really happened? "We have to remember that in most of those cases, the girls themselves did not regard themselves as victims and were not willing to make complaints and that is still the situation now," he said. Writing in The Guardian, Cockbain and Tufail wrote of the report that "The two-year study by the Home Office makes very clear that there are no grounds for asserting that Muslim or Pakistani-heritage men are disproportionately engaged in such crimes, and, citing our research, it confirmed the unreliability of the Quilliam claim". Read about our approach to external linking. But she changed her mind when Operation Span came knocking and she was given cast iron assurances the victims would be supported. File on 4 - Groomed, abused and put in prison: Rochdale's untold story will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday 14 July at 20:00 BST and repeated on Sunday 19 July at 17:00 BST. Speaking before the airing of a new BBC1 drama, Three Girls - which tells the story of three victims in the 2012 Rochdale sex grooming case - Margaret Oliver said police had still not learned. One delivered a takeaway to my house a few weeks back, she tells me. In some cases those girls were raped, callously, viciously and violently. In 2019, Amber, along with two other victims, with the help of the Centre for Womens Justice, issued a civil claim for damages against GMP and the director of public prosecutions (DPP). '", 'We should have listened to he broken teenagers'. Because she was not involved in the trial, and therefore did not give evidence, she had no opportunity to defend herself. have fuelled fight-wing groups opposing multiculturalism and immigration. Between 2008 and 2010, a child abuse ring that came to be known as part of the grooming gang phenomenon operated in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It made me sick to my stomach. ", Wigan driver waits to find out if he will be spared a road ban after driving at almost 100mph on the motorway, Police issue appeal to trace missing girl from Stockport, Urgent police appeal to locate missing teenage girl not seen for over 24 hours, Constance Marten's baby found in Brighton woodland Met Police say, Bolton Wanderers player Kyle Dempsey faces possible jail term - court, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon: Body found in search for missing baby, Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. But the investigation, according to one officer who was involved, was a car crash. Pay Range: $54.58 - $88.09. Between 2003 and 2014, Rowbotham made more than 180 attempts to alert police and social services but was told the witnesses were not reliable. "I was scared telling them, because I didn't know what the consequences would be from the men. "You will be supported and you will be heard.". Maggie spent six months speaking to the victims from Rochdale and persuaded them to give evidence. A chance to stop the gang was missed in 2008 and both the police and the CPS were forced to apologise for their failings. 10:45, 3 JUL 2017. It was like a casual, Oh, bring your friends. She was a vulnerable child, being sexually abused, controlled and in fear. NINE men who ran the Rochdale child sex abuse ring were eventually jailed for a string of offences in 2012. "[37][38] Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, accused elders of the Pakistani community of "burying their heads in the sand" on the matter of sexual grooming. "[45], In May 2017, the BBC broadcast Three Girls, a miniseries about the case. Nazir Afzal, the newly-appointed chief crown prosecutor for the north west, reversed the decision not to prosecute the two who had been arrested and eventually authorised the charging of ten men in June 2011. Sheer lack of resource, and also the fact that their bosses seemed reluctant to grasp the nettle for fear of being branded racist, contributed to delays in the investigation. The trial of nine of the grooming gang was pending, and in the meantime, despite never having been informed, arrested or cautioned, Amber was added to the indictment by the CPS as a co-conspirator. Then, shortly after the ID parade, Oliver was told that they were no longer going to use Ambers evidence. "I tried to say no in a nice way, but he wasn't having it.". But the situation changed and she was raped by one of the men. "Most child sexual abuse gangs made up of white men, Home Office report says", "A new Home Office report admits grooming gangs are not a 'Muslim problem', "Rochdale sex-grooming gangs able to flourish due to police errors says report", Greater Manchester Police, Report into Rochdale CSE investigation, 13 March 2015, "No officers to be charged over Rochdale child abuse failure, say police", The Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board, Review of Multi-Agency Responses to the Sexual Exploitation of Children, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rochdale_child_sex_abuse_ring&oldid=1140279348, This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 10:03. Attempts by Rochdale Crisis Intervention Team co-ordinator for the NHS, Sara Rowbotham, to alert police and authorities to "patterns of sexual abuse" were ignored. Assistant Chief Constable Steve Heywood said that about 550 officers were working on Operation Doublet in May 2013. Tellingly, he added: I believe that one of the factors that led to that was that they were not of your community or religion. And more than that, she was among a band of white girls who were being specifically targeted by a gang of largely Pakistani-heritage men because, as the trial judge would later acknowledge, the mens victims were not of your community or religion. In relation to historical failures, he apologised to Daisy. Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk (Labour) said agencies had actively ignored the abuse and that "social services believed these girls were making lifestyle choices". One victim, a 15-year-old known as the Honey Monster, acted as a recruiter, procuring girls as young as 13 for the gang. When police were called to a report of a 15-year-old girl smashing up the Balti House takeaway in Heywood, they had no idea that the crime they had uncovered would become a national scandal. Last Tuesday Amber, with two other victims of the Rochdale grooming gang, finally received an apology delivered personally by Stephen Watson, the chief constable of Greater Manchester police. They were overlooked, they were discriminated against.. RN Case Manager - Case Management at Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance Hospital $20,000 hiring bonus for eligible external hires that meet required qualifications and conditions for payment "It will always be there, but I know how to deal with it," she said. The convictions she received as a teen continue to hold her back to this day. Cockbain and Brayley expressed concern that "findings were being overextended from a small, geographically concentrated sample to characterise an entire crime type". 2023 BBC. The serious case review looked at six girls who suffered sexual exploitation in Heywood, Rochdale between 2007 and 2010. The investigation into the sexual abuse of the girl had been reopened following the exposure of police failings. Speaking at the conclusion of a 10-week trial at Liverpool Crown. In response to Ambers claim that it was wrong to name her on the indictment, it says it was both legally and tactically the correct course to take. Another night - this time in 2007 - Daisy says she was burnt with a heated metal spoon as punishment for refusing to have sex with a man at a house party. Rochdale is also being considered as part of the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse, which is examining whether authorities across the country took the problem seriously. "At first I felt really bad, dirty and ashamed. The men, she said, were friendly at first, simply chatting with the girls now and again in a takeaway shop. It formed a large part of the police investigation that became known as Operation Span. It meant she was regarded by the prosecution as a member of the grooming gang whose members would go in the dock, even though she was not charged and would not stand beside them in court. "It's not an excuse that's the reality of where we are. He said the actions of criminals who thought "white teenage girls are worthless and can be abused" were "bringing shame on our community. At the time, she was living with an older victim but when she became pregnant by one of the men, she moved back in with her parents. [53], On 13 March 2015, Greater Manchester Police apologised for its failure to investigate child sexual exploitation allegations more thoroughly between 2008 and 2010. She was being shared around paedophiles across the north of England. Although police interviewed a total of 56 men on suspicion of abuse, only a handful were tried. Full-Time. There was a "shocking" inability to protect seven vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation, a report into the Rochdale grooming case has said. Two members of the grooming gang the gangs ringleader Shabir Ahmed and Kabeer Hassan were arrested and released on bail. In this case the judge did indicate his belief that the Rochdale gang had deliberately sought victims outside their own community. One night in 2006, when she was just 14, a man became aggressive after she refused to have sex with him. Social services became involved when she started to arrive at school dirty and sometimes smelling of alcohol. The three-part series tells the story of the victims of an infamous child grooming and sex trafficking scandal in Rochdale, and continues on Wednesday night. "It made me feel like I was pretty. But in court, she was portrayed by the prosecution and defence as an assistant pimp. 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[13], As a result of the CPS dropping the case, the police halted their investigation, which was resumed when a second girl made complaints of a similar nature in December 2009. Copley said: "We apologise to the victims and we give them our assurance that lessons have been learned, changes have been made and we are determined to use this to continue making improvements. I asked Amber what gave her the strength to give evidence to the police, after what she had gone through. Sun Online looks at the group from Rochdale and Oldham, who exploited girls as young as 1 This kind of institutional neglect of a whole sector of society must never happen again and we need programmes like Three Girls to remind us.. He said that of convictions involving child sexual exploitation, 87% were of British Pakistani men and it was a significant problem for that community. They contend that clouding the issue by calling them "Asians" is unfair towards other groups and detrimental to a frank discussion. That nightmare should have ended with the arrest and trial of the perpetrators, but instead the police, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and even social services treated her not as a victim but as a perpetrator. Maggie Oliver was again left fuming when one of the girls she had talked round - a victim of abuse - was placed in the indictment that went before the jury. The inspector concluded the abuse could have stopped if the authorities had stepped in sooner. I think it was because they were afraid of being called racist. What the police and CPS did to me was worse than the abuse The apology will be a kind of a weight lifted from me. But the nightmare will never really be over. Adil Khan was sentenced to eight years for the same offences. The grooming scandals in Rochdale and similar ones in other cities which involved Asian men, including Oxford and Rotherham, have fuelled fight-wing groups opposing multiculturalism and immigration. But before what turned out to be the final interview, Oliver says she started to notice a change in tone from senior officers, and felt they were now deliberately trying to push this victim away. Assistant Chief Constable Mabs Hussain of Greater Manchester Police told the BBC he thought while cases should be reviewed on an individual basis, now was the time for a wider, national debate in cases where young people may have been criminalised as a result of exploitation. And then, in July 2009, an experienced CPS lawyer ruled the victim was not credible and decided that the two men who raped her should be released without charge. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. It was unfortunate that it was about attitudes towards teenagers. But because of an obligation to disclose criminal convictions, she has been prevented from pursuing her chosen career. It is committed by abusers from all walks of life, ethnicities, cultures and classes and it robs children of their childhoods and tears families apart. There was a complete lack of appreciation of the world in which some of the girls lived - when in fact that should have framed every conversation . As a responsible publication the M.E.Ns editors respected this request from senior detectives at GMP and eventually our story was published a few months later. The testimony of one of the five victims of the Rochdale grooming ring revealed the depth of the exploitation she suffered. Rochdale grooming case: what really happened? Why's nothing happened to the police? Even though she had been a victim, she was accused of being involved in the grooming. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) - Failure to recognise child sexual exploitation in the early stages, Rochdale Social Services - Lack of organisational priority over child sexual exploitation, an unstable duty and assessment team and a "chaotic" duty system, Health services - GPs had explicit information that some of the girls were at risk "that could have helped them identify the possibility of sexual exploitation at earlier points", Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) - Recognition of child sexual exploitation in the early years "was very poor", resulting in missed prosecution opportunities in 2008. [2], The victims, vulnerable teenagers from deprived, dysfunctional backgrounds, were targeted in "honeypot locations" where young people congregated, such as takeaway food shops. The three-part series tells the story of the victims of an infamous child grooming and sex trafficking scandal in Rochdale, and continues on Wednesday night. However, Sir Peter said the report failed to confront a "fundamental" problem faced by police officers, who are repeatedly asked to track down and return young people missing from children's homes, only for them to run away again. An independent report commissioned by Rochdale council said three employees had spoken of victims making life choices rather than being rape victims. Numerous opportunities to intervene were missed and only two girls received child protection planning, the report said. [32] The inquiry issued its final report in November 2013. "[The police] messed up, not me. The scandal shocked the nation - and helped change the way the criminal justice system treats victims of grooming. She noted that white male predators on the street tend to work alone. 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