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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Over 1,000 children in Telford were sexually exploited, inquiry finds

In 2013 seven men were jailed following Operation Chalice, a police inquiry into child prostitution in the Telford area.
In 2013 seven men were jailed following Operation Chalice, a police inquiry into child prostitution in the Telford area. Photograph: West Mercia Police

More than a thousand children in Telford were sexually exploited over decades amid the failure of authorities to investigate “emboldened offenders”, an independent inquiry into the scandal has concluded.

The three-year independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation (IICSE) found that abuse was allowed to continue for years and children, rather than perpetrators, were often blamed.

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