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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Five survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officers

View of Rotherham town centre down steps beside a historic brick building showing a small pool with fountains and a parade of shops including a Nationwide bank
Rotherham town centre, 2014. ‘There has been no accountability in the town,’ said a solicitor from a firm which has gathered testimony from 30 women abused by the gangs. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Five women who were abused as children by Rotherham grooming gangs were also raped by police officers when they were as young as 12 years old, they have claimed.

In one case a girl who reported the abuse after being put under pressure by the gang to have an illegal abortion was left “destroyed” when an officer who had allegedly raped her turned up to interview her, she told the BBC.

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