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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gaby Hinsliff

Grooming gang survivors risk becoming pawns in a political game that is no place for vulnerable people

Illustration: Ellie Foreman-Peck

In the early hours of the morning, the cars would pull up outside the Bradford children’s home where Fiona Goddard lived as a teenager.

Staff were worried about the men coming to collect her – records show she was felt to be “at high level of risk from unknown males” – but the policy was not to go to the police unless a child’s behaviour became concerning or she was seen being actively “dragged into a car”.

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