Professor Alexis Jay is to take over as chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced. The child protection expert will become the
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A British computer worker who called the NSPCC and said his Ukrainian wife had shaken their toddler daughter “like a rag doll” has admitted lying. The man told a family
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A youth worker whose revelations about child sexual exploitation in Rotherham led to the exposure of a scandal that shocked the nation has been awarded the MBE. Jayne Senior said
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The investigation into large-scale child sexual exploitation in Rotherham now involves 29 “designated suspects” and hundreds more “potential suspects”, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). The NCA said its
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The chief of South Yorkshire Police is to step down following criticism that handling of child sexual exploitation cases by his force was “inadequate”. Chief Constable David Crompton is to
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Arshid Hussain – the ringleader of a gang who groomed, raped and abused teenage girls in Rotherham – has been jailed for 35 years. His brothers Basharat Hussain, 39, and
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Authorities clamoured outside Sheffield Crown Court to praise victims for their “incredible bravery” in reliving their past trauma. Temporary detective chief inspector Martin Tait, from South Yorkshire Police, called the
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Victims of a gang led by three brothers who subjected teenage girls to years of rape, violence and prostitution in Rotherham have welcomed their convictions for a range of offences.
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A succession of women have described how they were raped, beaten, passed between abusers and used as prostitutes by a gang led by three brothers who “owned” Rotherham. Arshid, Basharat
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The Government intends to hand back some of the decision-making powers it took from Rotherham Council in the wake of child sexual exploitation revelations. The entire political leadership of the
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