GMP's Failure To Investigate Asian Rape Gangs
October 15, 2014 7:51 AM Subscribe
Grauniad - Child sex grooming gangs have avoided prosecution due to a failure by one of the country’s biggest police forces to pursue claims against them, it has been alleged, threatening to reignite the debate over institutional neglect of young victims of sexual abuse.
Greater Manchester police (GMP), the third largest force in England and Wales, has been accused by serving and former detectives of attempting to cover up failings to tackle gangs of Asian men who were abusing young girls, according to an ITV News investigation.
A former detective constable with the force has come forward to reveal she named and identified offenders and victims more than a decade ago in an internal report but no action was taken.
Responding to the claims, GMP chief constable Sir Peter Fahy told ITV that officers had developed a “mindset” that victims in sexual abuse cases were “unreliable” but, while this had since changed, it was still present within the courts.
As part of the investigation the father of a girl who gave evidence two years ago against a Rochdale gang, which was convicted of raping and trafficking young girls as young as 13, told the programme his daughter identified new suspects in a line-up but the force did not follow up with a prosecution.
He said his daughter was “promised” further arrests but “nothing else happened”.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Heya, this is a pretty short article to begin with and you've pullquoted almost half of it on the front page; if there's a more detailed approach that's less short news summary or more of a detailed look at the situation, that might make for a better post if framed a little less top-heavy. -- cortex
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