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Rotherham grooming gang victims ‘were also abused by police’
ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 28 – At least five women allege sexual abuse by police officers during the Rotherham grooming scandal that victimized over 1,400 girls between 1997 and 2013, raising concerns over police accountability.
- Five women allege that police officers in Rotherham sexually abused them as children at the same time as being exploited by grooming gangs.
- One woman says she was raped from the age of 12 by a serving South Yorkshire Police officer in a marked police car.
- A new criminal investigation into the involvement of police officers in the Rotherham grooming scandal is now being led by South Yorkshire Police's major crime unit, under the direction of the police watchdog.
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Rotherham survivors have 'no faith' in police force investigating allegations its officers took part in abuse
The police watchdog has said there is no conflict of interest in South Yorkshire Police investigating its own staff after victims of the Rotherham abuse scandal said they were abused by serving officers.
Victims Of Rotherham Grooming Gangs Say They Were Also Raped By Police Officers
Five women who were sexually abused by Asian grooming gangs in Rotherham as children claim that they were also assaulted by police officers at the time. According a BBC report one of the victims says [...] The post Victims Of Rotherham Grooming Gangs Say They Were Also Raped By Police Officers appeared first on The People's Voice.
Rotherham Police Sexually Abused Us Too, Say Five Grooming Victims – The Daily Sceptic
Just when you think the rape gang scandal can't get worse, five Rotherham victims say police officers abused them too – claims currently being investigated by South Yorkshire Police itself, sparking fears of a whitewash.
Five women who were victims of the notorious grooming gangs in Rotherham, UK, as children say they were also raped by police officers, the BBC reports. South Yorkshire Police (SYP) confirms that three former officers have been arrested in an ongoing investigation into the allegations.
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