7 men who committed offences against two girls in Rotherham jailed for 106 years
From the UK Column Forum:
By Martin: Sat, 14/09/2024 - 16:17
"Seven men who committed a string of child sex abuse offences against two teenage girls in Rotherham have been jailed for a total of 106 years.
The men were all convicted in June, after a nine-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court, which was the result of an investigation by the National Crime Agency's Operation Stovewood.
The National Crime Agency (*NCA) said it remains committed to seeing its current investigations through to the end of the criminal justice process, which is anticipated to continue into 2027.
Previous estimates have put the cost of Operation Stovewood at around £90 million.
Operation Stovewood continues to investigate allegations of abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. It is the single largest investigation of its kind in the UK. So far 36 people have been convicted.
For those new UKC members not familiar with my earlier research, UKC published - The Rotherham Common Purpose Effect almost 10 years ago.
According to the Jay report, cited in my article,
"The Police gave no priority to Child Sexcual Expoilation (CSE), regarding many child victims with contempt and failing to act on their abuse as a crime. Further stark evidence came in 2002, 2003 and 2006 with three reports known to the Police and the Council, which could not have been clearer in their description of the situation in Rotherham. The first of these reports was effectively suppressed and the others were ignored and no action was taken to deal with the issues that were identified in them".
The Jay report "estimated that approximately 1400 children were sexually exploited over the full Inquiry period, from 1997 to 2013". There are obviously a significant number of other Rotherham offenders not yet processed through the criminal system.
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