Report: Oxfordshire Child Safeguarding Board – Serious Case Review

The serious case review has established 373 young people in Oxfordshire have been victims of child sexual exploitation over the last 15 years.

The review was commissioned in 2012 after the activities of a paedophile ring emerged and was founded on the experiences of six victims in that case, which led to the convictions of seven men.

Victims were groomed using drugs, alcohol and gifts before they were physically assaulted, forced into prostitution, raped and drugged, the report said.

Alan Bedford, the author of the independent review, wrote: “What happened to the child victims of the sexual exploitation in Oxfordshire was indescribably awful.

“The child victims and their families feel very let down. Their accounts of how they perceived professional work are disturbing and chastening.”

To download the Serious Care Review and accompanying documents, visit the link below.