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

UK schoolgirl who faced terror charges is ‘wake-up call about grooming’

Rhianan Rudd.
Rhianan Rudd. The charity Exit Hate says it is seeing more children being groomed by rightwing extremists. Photograph: Family Handout

Charities say the case of a UK teenager who became the youngest girl to be charged with terror offences after online grooming by rightwing extremists should be a “wake-up call” about the online vulnerability of children.

Rhianan Rudd, who was 15 when charged, took her own life at a Nottinghamshire children’s home in May last year, when she was 16.

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