What happened to children at the hands of Pakistani-heritage rape gangs and how the police and councillors failed society’s most vulnerable, has been hauled back into the public spotlight by Elon Musk. For many of us rereading the details, it has been a sickening experience.
The depravity and the brutality involved had me hiding my face in my hands, stomach churning. Let us not forget, the 2014 inquiry into events in Rotherham, led by Professor Alexis Jay, found evidence that 1,400 children “at a conservative estimate” had been sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. Mostly white, working-class vulnerable children as young as 11 raped, often multiple times by multiple men; abducted, trafficked, threatened, tortured, beaten, and intimidated.
