Rochdale Sex Abuse Report Criticises Police

A serious case review has criticised police and social services over their handling of child sex abuse cases in Rochdale.

It follows a high-profile court case last year which involved a sex trafficking gang who preyed on vulnerable young girls.

The victims had been plied with alcohol and drugs before being passed around a group of men who were largely of Pakistani origin.

The report, published on Friday morning, said it had found a "widespread pattern of weaknesses and failings" across several agencies over a nine-year period.

It said: "Six of the seven young people considered in the reviews were, for several years prior to being sexually exploited, in need of help."

The report commissioned by Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board (RBSCB) added: "Given the highly organised, determined and manipulative behaviour of the perpetrators, it would be unrealistic to imagine that their behaviour could have been predicted and that all harm to all the young people they abused could have been prevented.

"However, had the sexual exploitation been recognised and responded to at the earliest stages, these young people may have been protected from repeat victimisation and other young people may also have been protected from becoming victims."

Report author Sian Griffiths, an independent social worker, said a high workload in children's safeguarding teams and the police "contributed to disorganisation and at times a sense of helplessness".

Ms Griffiths adds: "That the failings took place over a period of five years in relation to six young people who were in contact with at least 17 different agencies makes it absolutely clear that the problems were much more deep rooted than can be explained as failings at an individual level.

"It is also important to note that the experiences of these six young people whilst fundamentally important in their own right are accepted by agencies within Rochdale as being indicative of the experience of other young people at the time.

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17 agencies involved and no one recognised what was happening?

Report author Sian Griffiths, an independent social worker, said a high workload in children's safeguarding teams and the police "contributed to disorganisation and at times a sense of helplessness".

Nothing has changed, childrens safeguarding it still hit and miss at best and crap at worst

When do the agencies get involved? Let's look at this...

Do they get involved when they hear of young teens chatting to kebab shop workers and taxi drivers?

What do they do? Have stern words with the men - "keep away from those girls".

What do you think they should do nems?

Act too strongly and women on forums will be saying "leave those kids alone, they should be with their families".

Leave them to get on with it and you'll have women on forums saying "they did nothing to stop it".

BigAndy9 wrote:When do the agencies get involved?  Let's look at this...

Do they get involved when they hear of young teens chatting to kebab shop workers and taxi drivers?

What do they do?  Have stern words with the men - "keep away from those girls".

What do you think they should do nems?

Act too strongly and women on forums will be saying "leave those kids alone, they should be with their families".

Leave them to get on with it and you'll have women on forums saying "they did nothing to stop it".

They should be getting involved at the point these children are missing school, running away from home and from care homes.
Yes they should be involved when young girls are hanging around the streets at night.

The have been cases where the mother has been pleading for help and none was given.

I dont think its only women that hate the way these children were groomed either

But we don't have the resources - this country is overstretched in every single way you can think possible.

No money, no infrastructure and it will get a lot worse in January.

BigAndy9 wrote:But we don't have the resources - this country is overstretched in every single way you can think possible.

No money, no infrastructure and it will get a lot worse in January.

Perhaps we should cut the overseas aid budget to free up the money?

NemsAgain wrote:

BigAndy9 wrote:But we don't have the resources - this country is overstretched in every single way you can think possible.

No money, no infrastructure and it will get a lot worse in January.

Perhaps we should cut the overseas aid budget to free up the money?

I should think that would help out a lot of government departments.

BigAndy9 wrote:

NemsAgain wrote:

Perhaps we should cut the overseas aid budget to free up the money?

I should think that would help out a lot of government departments.

Also we could make the worst tax evaders pay. It said on the radio yesterday that
the country is owed billions of pounds in unpaid tax.

55 billion all in all I believe.

The Left Wing agenda of covering up CRIMES committed by PAKISTANI's.

Oh do shut up, it was the police and the child protection teams that didn't do their jobs properly, and I've never met a left wing policeman yet.

The systematic COVERUP of crimes committed by an ethnic group by Local authorities under LABOR control.

Paranoia. I would think that Lee Rigby's parents would like to know that you are debasing their son's picture.

http://labour25.com/



You do not have to look further than this FILTHY GROUP to see where the coverups originate

You know, you need help, you obviously have real problems. You are a very sad man.