Grooming Gangs Get Government Millions While Victims Get Empty Sympathy 2.8.21

Grooming Gangs Get Government Millions While Victims Get Empty Sympathy
This issue came from a Written Question by Lord Pearson asking about legal aid available to the Rochdale 9 who have received nearly £2m to fight their convictions.

We have started an epetition called "Stop Grooming Gang members accessing public funds to fight their convictions".
You can sign this at https://petition.parliament.uk/petiti...

Stories discussed in this episode
Rochdale men free to roam and terrorise their victims

Rochdale child grooming: Anger as gang member spotted in town April 2021
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-56650674

Have the grooming gangs been entitled to public money to fight their convictions

Lord Pearson’s Parliamentary Question 19th May 2021
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-19/HL408/

On 13th July we started a petition
Link to the epetition - Stop Grooming Gang members accessing public funds to fight their convictions
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/590454

Victims denied compensation

Grooming gang victim refused compensation for abuse because she had a driving conviction March 2020
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/huddersfield-grooming-gang-child-sex-abuse-compensation-driving-a9394736.html

It’s not right to deny victims compensation just because they have a criminal conviction July 2021
https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/05/we-shouldnt-deny-victims-compensation-because-they-have-a-conviction-14867809/

Charities demand compensation for sexually abused children July 2017
https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/press-releases/charities-demand-compensation-sexually-abused-children/

Finally those in charge are not taking the issue of child rape seriously

Children ‘raped by evil grooming gang’ demand police act on two-year probe July 2021
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1458111/children-raped-grooming-gang-demand-police-investigation

Bradford child sex abuse: Children 'remain unprotected'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-57982761

Five new Hull children come forward with sexual exploitation claims
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/five-new-hull-children-come-5655628

Child Rape Gang Police Whistleblower: Child Sex Abuse is ‘Going on Everywhere’ in the UK
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/07/29/grooming-gang-whistleblower-says-child-abuse-is-going-on-everywhere-in-the-uk/

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