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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Charles Gray & Lucy Thornton & Ellie Kemp

Fury as almost 50 police officers investigated over Rotherham abuse scandal - but nobody was sacked

Survivors of the Rotherham child abuse scandal today slammed a £6million report which revealed 47 police officers were investigated over the failings - but nobody was sacked.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found South Yorkshire Police "failed to protect vulnerable children and young people”. At least 1,400 girls were abused, trafficked and groomed in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.

But the final report into the scandal, published today after eight years, revealed that no officer lost their job despite 265 separate allegations being made by more than 50 complainants.

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