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http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/more-than-100-officers-still-to-be-identified-by-rotherham-investigators-1-7428715 More than 100 officers still to be identified by Rotherham investigators 08:41Wednesday 26 August 2015 A YEAR on from the publication of a damning report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, investigators are seeking to identify more than 100 police officers referenced in allegations. The Independent Police Complaint Commission (IPCC) said it is continuing to examine police conduct exactly a year on from the publication of the Jay Report, which shocked the nation with the scale of child rape, trafficking and grooming it uncovered in the South Yorkshire town. Professor Alexis Jay’s report described how more than 1,400 children were sexually exploited by gangs of mainly Asian males in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. And it was scathing about a culture among police and council officials which ignored the industrial scale of abuse, instead treating the victims of CSE as troublesome teenagers. Read more on The Yorkshire Post’s coverage of the first anniversary of the Jay Report here. The IPCC says it has received 47 referrals from South Yorkshire Police since the publication of the Jay Report, involving more than 100 allegations. A spokeswoman said: “Analysis of all the referrals has so far identified more than 60 officers. “Further assessments are being carried out to establish the specific allegations against these individuals to determine what further actions are needed. Work is ongoing to identify more than 100 officers who are referenced in the referrals but are unnamed.” The Jay Report was commissioned by the council after a high profile CSE trial and a series of damning stories in The Times about what was happening in the town. Its impact was generated by the sheer scale of offending that it outlined and the horrific details it included of what had happened to girls as young as 11. Prof Jay said at the time she had found ‘’utterly appalling’’ examples of ‘’children who had been doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, threatened with guns, made to witness brutally-violent rapes and threatened they would be next if they told anyone’’. She said: ‘’They were raped by multiple perpetrators, trafficked to other towns and cities in the north of England, abducted, beaten and intimidated.’’ Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police were roundly criticised in its wake and a series off high profiles resignations culminated in the departure of South Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Shaun Wright, who was the councillor in charge of Rotherham’s children’s services between 2005 and 2010. A further review of Rotherham Council by the Government’s Troubled Families chief, Louise Casey, heaped more criticism on an authority she labelled as “not fit for purpose” and “in denial” and the then communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles handed over its powers to a panel of appointed commissioners. Both the council and the police say their focus over the last 12 months has been on building trust among survivors. South Yorkshire Police says it now has a team of more than 60 officers working on child sexual exploitation and the National Crime Agency has been brought in to investigate historical crimes. A £3 million initiative was announced earlier this month which will see a Barnardo’s team of specialist workers work with children at risk of being sexually exploited. But, earlier this week, a solicitor representing 58 women who were subjected to CSE in Rotherham said only a fraction of victims had come forward. David Greenwood said he believes fewer than 100 of the girls involved have engaged with the raft of new inquiries. He said that the police and council have made progress in the town in the last 12 months but that he believes many survivors will only trust the system once a truly independent agency is brought in.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11802502/Lord-Janner-in-court-LIVE.html Lord Janner: 'Confused' peer spends 59 seconds in court on child sex abuse charges Former Labour peer spends less than a minute in Westminster courtroom for first appearance over 22 historic child sex abuse charges - latest Lord Janner, 87, arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas / i-Images By Danny Boyle, and Martin Evans, Crime Correspondent 3:44PM BST 14 Aug 2015 This page will automatically update every 30 secondsOn Off • Lord Janner finally appears at Westminster Magistrates' Court • He spends 59 seconds in courtroom before being released on bail • Ex-Labour peer 'confused and frail' as he faces 22 abuse charges • It comes after judge dismisses video link bid and threatens arrest • Legal team claims it is 'barbaric' to force 87-year-old to attend court • Lord Greville Janner picture gallery: A career in images Latest Summary After weeks of legal wrangling, Lord Janner has appeared in court in person for the first time over 22 historic child sex abuse charges. The peer's attendance at Westminster Magistrates' Court lasted 59 seconds and comes after numerous attempts by his defence lawyers - three court hearings over a week - to avoid him having to turn up. Using a walking stick, he appeared confused and frail as he entered the courtroom, saying: "Oooh, this is wonderful." Janner was released on unconditional bail, with the next hearing to be held at Southwark Crown Court on September 1. Thanks for following our live updates from the court - you can read back over how it unfolded below. Lord Janner arrives home in north London

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https://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/al-jazeerah-6-million-muslims-convert-to-christianity-in-africa-each-year/ Muslims in Media Statistics Al-Jazeerah: 6 Million Muslims convert to Christianity in Africa alone each year Posted on December 14, 2012by Admin 61 Comments According to Al-Jazeerah’s interview with Sheikh Ahmad Al Katani, the president of The Companions Lighthouse for the Science of Islamic Law in Libya, In every hour, 667 Muslims convert to Christianity. Everyday, 16,000 Muslims convert to Christianity. Every year, 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity in Africa alone so you can imagine the worldwide numbers. How many others of them convert to Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism or just plain atheism? MILLIONS. After reporting this Al-Jazeerah has since removed the interview and details but we got the screencap from the original story. . Islam, SVM News, 1 January, 2007: Millions of Muslim converts to Christianity celebrated Christmas throughout the world. According the reports of the various missionary organizations and news medias. . The Salem Voice Ministries evangelizing Muslims in India and many other Muslim nations. There are about 500 evangelists ministering among Muslims in different African, Middle East and Asian countries. A vast number of Muslims finding the truth and attaining Salvation of Jesus Christ day by day. . ‘More Muslims converted to faith in Jesus Christ over the past decade than at any other time in human history. A spiritual revolution is underway throughout North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. As a result, a record number of ex-Muslims are celebrating Christmas this year, despite intense persecution, assassinations, and widespread church bombings’. These are the words of Joel C. Rosenberg, the author of the New York Times best selling political thriller. . He said, he and his wife and kids were lived in the Mideast for three months. During that time, he had the privilege of interviewing more than three dozen Arab and Iranian pastors and evangelical leaders throughout the region. The picture they paint is one of Christianity being dramatically resurrected in the region of its birth. . More than 10,000 Muslims accepted Jesus Christ as their personal saviour throughout India during the last year. The Bible Society of India publishing thousands of New Testaments for the Muslims with their own terminology and vocabulary in different Indian languages and Tazi language. Pastor Paul Ciniraj Mohamed, the Director of the Salem Voice Ministries is one of the key persons of the Bible translators of the Bible Society of India to reach the Gospel to the Muslims. He is in the midst of persecution. Recently also he was threatened by the extremists to count down his days along with the whole family. . In Iraq, more than 5,000 Muslim converts to Christianity have been identified since the end of major combat operations, with 14 new churches opened in Baghdad, and dozens of new churches opened in Kurdistan, some of which have 500 to 800 members. Also, more than one million Bibles shipped into the country since 2003, and pastors report Iraqis are snatching them up so fast they constantly need more Bibles. . Thousands of Muslims turned to Christ and worshiping Lord Jesus in Morocco, Somalia, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Maldives. . Around a million believed in Jesus over the past decade in Egypt. The Egyptian Bible Society used to sell about 3,000 copies of the JESUS film a year in the early 1990s. As per the figures taken from the Millennium campaign in 2000, they sold 600,000 copies, plus 750,000 copies of the individual cassette tapes (in Arabic) and about a half million copies of the Arabic New Testament. Ramez Atallah, the General Secretary of the Bible Society of Egypt informed Pastor Paul Ciniraj by email. “Egyptians are increasingly hungry for God’s Word,” he said. . ‘Last Christmas, I had the privilege of visiting the largest Christian congregation in the Middle East, which meets in an enormous cave on the outskirts of Cairo. Some 10,000 believers worship there every weekend. A prayer conference the church held in May 2005 drew some 20,000 believers’, Rosenberg told. . There were only 17 Christians from Islam in Afghanistan on 2001. But there are more than 10,000 believers at present. Every week dozens of baptisms being held there. . In 1990, there were only three known Christians in Kazakhstan and no Christians in Uzbekistan, but now more than 15,000 in Kazakhstan and 30, 000 in Uzbekistan. There were only 500 Christians in Iran on 1979, but more than one million Iranians believing Jesus Christ today, most of whom meet in underground house churches. . In Sudan, more than one million have converted since 2000, and some 5 million have become Christians since the early 1990s, despite a radical Islamic regime and an on-going genocide that has killed more than 200,000. Seminaries are being held in caves to train pastors to shepherd the huge numbers of people coming to Christ. Why such a dramatic spiritual awakening? “People have seen real Islam, and they want Jesus instead,” one Sudanese evangelical leader said. . In December 2001, Sheikh Ahmad al Qataani, a leading Saudi cleric, appeared on a live interview on Al-Jazeera satellite television to confirm that, sure enough, Muslims were turning to Jesus in alarming numbers. “In every hour, 667 Muslims convert to Christianity,” Al Qataani warned. “Every day, 16,000 Muslims convert to Christianity. Every year, 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity.” . Stunned, the interviewer interrupted the cleric. “Hold on! Let me clarify. Do we have six million converting from Islam to Christianity?” Al Qataani repeated his assertion. “Every year,” the cleric confirmed, adding, “a tragedy has happened.” . One of the most dramatic developments is that many Muslims — including Shiites in Iran and Iraq — are seeing dreams and visions of Jesus and thus coming into churches explaining that they have already converted and now need a Bible and guidance on how to follow Jesus. This is the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of Joel, “in the last days, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days….And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.” (Joel 2:28-32). . Within few years all of the Muslim nations will come to Christ by the work of the Holy Spirit. Satan knows it, that’s why he tries to discourage and destroy the Christian workers and the believers through the persecution and brutal murdering. But our Lord Jesus will have the final victory. Pastor Paul Ciniraj said. . Idris Salahudeen, the Pastor of the Salem Voice Ministries said, hundreds upon hundreds ordinary Muslims believing Jesus and secretly converting into Christianity by seeing brutal behaviour of fundamentalists towards Christians. Maybe this torturing is a purification of nominal Christians to have more faith and courage. . . See image of the FULL original article from Al-Jazeera in Arabic published on 12/12/2000 – removed by Al-Jazeera and now in web archives. [Click the image on the link to enlarge]

http://news.sky.com/story/1523577/key-westminster-figures-in-child-abuse-papers Key Westminster Figures In Child Abuse Papers The Government reveals that unreleased files relating to child abuse allegations do exist which name key Westminster figures. 22:12, UK, Wednesday 22 July 2015 Video: Westminster Figures In Abuse Papers Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share by email By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent Key Westminster figures from the 1970s and 1980s have been named in a series of Government child abuse documents. After months of requests from Sky News the Government has revealed that papers exist that relate to Margaret Thatcher's former parliamentary secretary Sir Peter Morrison, former Home Secretary Leon Brittan, former diplomat Sir Peter Hayman and former minister Sir William van Straubenzee. All four have passed away and the contents of the papers have not been revealed. In January Sky News forced the Government to release the details of a file prepared for Mrs Thatcher's office on the 'unnatural sexual' behaviours of one of the men Sir Peter Hayman. Cabinet Office apologised for 'flaw' in how they responded to info request The new batch of file names reveal there were further Government papers relating to the former MI6 man and career diplomat. The revelation comes after the Wanless and Whittam review was prevented from finding the relevant Government papers during searches of Westminster departments last year. Video: MP: 'We Need To Get To Facts' The Cabinet Office apologised for the 'flaw' in the way they responded to the request for information. Permanent Secretary Richard Heaton wrote to Whittam and Wanless in May saying: "I deeply regret that the Cabinet Office failed to identify the papers in question when you first asked for them." NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless told Sky News: "We were concerned and disappointed that the Cabinet Office was aware of this separate store of papers and yet informed us that they weren't." The papers also reveal that the Kincora children's home in Northern Ireland was at the heart of further correspondence involving the security services. 1/6 Gallery: Westminster Figures In Abuse Papers Gallery: Westminster Figures In Abuse Papers Allegations of abuse and trafficking of children to England have centred on the home in Belfast. The papers reveal former intelligence officer Colin Wallace raised concerns about abuse at Kincora - the papers had been stored by the Cabinet Office. The contents of the papers have still not been revealed but have been shared with the police and will be passed to the Child Abuse Inquiry led by Justice Lowell Goddard.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3166708/Senior-MP-accused-child-sex-abuse-Two-MPs-report-serving-Labour-politician-police-sex-attacks-corruption-claims.html Senior MP accused of child sex abuse: Two MPs report same serving Labour politician to police over sex attacks and corruption claims Labour MP John Mann one of the informants to pass information to police A fortnight ago a Conservative MP told police about the same politician Unnamed MP is accused of offering political favours to a brothel owner Also claimed they were arrested for indecency in public place with a minor By Glen Owen and Miles Goslett For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:46, 18 July 2015 | Updated: 00:28, 19 July 2015 499 shares 8 View comments +3 Labour MP John Mann passed details about the unnamed prominent individual within his own party to police officers earlier this year, the MoS has learnt A senior Labour MP has been reported to police by two fellow MPs over claims of child sex abuse, The Mail on Sunday has learned. One of the informants, Labour MP John Mann, passed details about the prominent individual to officers earlier this year. Then, a fortnight ago, a Conservative MP went to the same police force armed with information about the same individual, some of which had been provided to him by a former Government Minister. It is believed to be the first time that a sitting MP has been scrutinised by any of the ongoing police investigations into child abuse, representing a further extension of the ever-widening sphere of historic sex allegations. Mr Mann handed his information over to an ongoing criminal investigation into another public figure, which included links between that figure and the Labour MP. The Conservative MP’s allegations about the MP, which date back to the late 1980s, include claims that the MP had been arrested for indecency in a public place with a minor – during which he is said to have assaulted the arresting officers. It is claimed the MP had performed political favours for the owner of a brothel in his constituency in which men consorted with underage males. The Conservative MP also made further allegations about drink-driving, assault and corruption involving the Labour MP. A BBC News team, headed by a journalist who specialises in reporting on sex abuse crimes, is also understood to have had access to the information. The team, which has been granted significant resources by bosses, has already started interviewing potential witnesses about the MP. Director-general Tony Hall has been made aware of the special project. Mr Mann, a former member of the Treasury Select Committee, has established a strong campaigning record on the issue of abuse, and last year he compiled a dossier of historic allegations which detailed claims against 12 former Government Ministers. +3 The Met Police are carrying out Operation Fairbank, an umbrella inquiry into historical child sex abuse claims involving politicians in the House of Commons and House of Lords and other leading public figures RELATED ARTICLESPrevious 1 Next Rugby league star charged with ten domestic violence... Emotional moment mother forgives the drunk driver who... Share this articleShare Earlier this year Mr Mann claimed that the number of victims could reach ‘tens of thousands’. He said: ‘The state can’t deal with the numbers of people coming forward. The police and social services cannot cope with the volume that’s there, even now. And we’re hardly at the beginning of people coming forward.’ There are a total of five police investigations under way across the country into historical abuse allegations, of which the main one is Operation Fairbank – the Met Police’s umbrella inquiry into historical child sex abuse claims involving politicians and other leading public figures. +3 The Independent Police Complains Commission are also investigating if there was an Establishment cover-up of the late Cyril Smith MP's abuse of boys The police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), is also investigating claims that there was an Establishment cover-up over the abuse perpetrated by the late Liberal MP Cyril Smith, including threatening a police officer with the Official Secrets Act after he said he had found the MP with two teenage boys in 1988. Twenty-three people have claimed they were abused by the Liberal MP, who died aged 82 in 2010. The Commons and the House of Lords are featuring heavily in the investigations. Earlier this year, Scotland Yard officers contacted Lawrence Ward, the Serjeant at Arms, the Commons’ most senior security official, to ask him to search files kept on MPs. Mr Ward told the officers that if they produced a warrant, they could enter the Commons to investigate the files themselves on a ‘case by case basis’. Earlier this month, Justice Lowell Goddard finally opened the public inquiry into child sex abuse, vowing that ‘no one, no matter how powerful’ will be able to avoid its scrutiny. The New Zealand judge – brought in to head the inquiry after her two predecessors resigned over concerns about their links to the Establishment – said it could take a decade to complete. Her works covers five key areas of society from ‘the corridors of power in Westminster to children’s homes in the poorest parts of the country’. Another abuse campaigner, Labour’s Tom Watson, has called for the inquiry to be given full access to MI5’s secret files containing the names of offenders. Last night, the police force which has received the information about the Labour MP said it was unable to comment on any ongoing investigations which had not included any arrests. Mr Mann declined to comment.

WaheGuru Ji Khalsa, WaheGuru Ji Ki Fateh, Simon Dancczuk MP is been a leading light in exposing child abuse, unfortunately the emotional battle has taken it's toll on him and he is taking some time out to recover. Can we as Sangat send him messages of support please, his contact details are as follows:- http://www.simondanczuk.com/contact Contact Me Constituents can contact my Rochdale Office: 26 St Mary's Gate Rochdale OL16 1DZ 01706 750135 Email: simon.danczuk.mp@parliament.uk

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-police-officer-charged-five-9598695?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Coventry police officer charged with five offences of indecency with a child 16:09, 6 July 2015 By Hayley Draper PC Richard Chamberlain will appear before magistrates in Birmingham in August Share Share Tweet +1 LinkedIn Little Park Street police station A serving Coventry police officer has been charged with five offences of indecency with a child. PC Richard Chamberlain, aged 49, who is based at Coventry Police Station, has been bailed to appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court on August 4. He was arrested by officers from the force’s public protection unit in October last year, following historical allegations of indecency with a child. West Midlands Police said that, following enquires, the PC has now been charged with five offences, two indecent assaults on a child, then aged under 14 and three offences of gross indecency on a child aged under 14 at the time. He remains suspended from his role within the force.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3151387/Raped-playground-11-abused-seven-men-night-aged-12-Victim-Rotherham-Asian-sex-gang-scandal-tells-truly-horrifying-story.html Raped in a playground at 11, abused by seven men a night aged 12: Victim of Rotherham Asian sex gang scandal tells her truly horrifying storySarah Wilson was 11 when she was befriended by a group of older men They showered her with gifts and made her feel special She said this grooming was 'normal' in Rotherham By the age of 12, she was forced to have sex with them They threatened to harm her family if she didn't cooperate Her mother, Maggie, was powerless to help They felt letdown by the police and social services Now 23, Sarah escaped the gang at 17 and is trying to move on By Lucy Waterlow for MailOnline Published: 10:34, 8 July 2015 | Updated: 12:35, 8 July 2015 4.3k shares 658 View comments For five years from the age of 11, Sarah Wilson was groomed and raped by Rotherham paedophiles who showered with gifts and made her feel special in what was to become one of the biggest abuse scandals in the UK. The now 23-year-old admits she became so 'brainwashed' by the older British Pakistani men in the South Yorkshire town she considered it normal for them to expect to have sex with her in return for all they had given her. Writing an emotional account of her harrowing experience in new book Violated, Sarah, whose sister Laura was murdered, reveals she was plied with alcohol and cannabis by sexual predators. They habitually abused her until she was 16, when they lost interest because she was no longer underage. Scroll down for video +15 Sarah Wilson, now 23, has written a book about she was groomed by Rotherham paedophiles +15 From the age of 11 to 17, Sarah, pictured as a teenager, was in the grip of the paedophiles who forced her to have sex with them. She has now written a book - Violated - about it +15 Sarah has shared her story in a book in the hope it will help others and raise awareness The abuse, which sent shockwaves across the nation, took place in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. And Sarah, who is now a mother, was not alone. A report revealed that, since the 1990s, up to 1,400 young girls in the Yorkshire town had been regularly abused by sex gangs, predominantly composed of Asian men. A National Crime Agency investigation, which could run until 2018, last month announced that it had so far identified 300 suspects The suspects are ‘predominantly’ Asian men from the South Yorkshire town and include two who have worked for the council. Their victims are mainly white, British, underage and ‘vulnerable’ girls. Sarah, who has waived her right to anonymity, said had no idea she was a victim of grooming. She was raped by a 30-year-old man in a school playground at night when she was just 11, leaving her feeling ashamed and disgusted. And it was just after her 12th birthday that Sarah got into a car with a fat 35-year-old British Pakistani man who took her virginity. She explains: 'From the age of 11, I was showered with gifts from men in their twenties and thirties who pretended they were my friends. 'They told me I was beautiful and bought me anything I wanted: phones, clothes, takeaway food, cigarettes and, of course, alcohol and drugs. Some even claimed that they loved me. 'By the time they took me to strange towns to have sex with them and all their mates, aged 12, I was so brainwashed I thought it was normal.' Such was the scale of the grooming in the South Yorkshire town at the time, Sarah said 'lots of girls were being groomed like I was. To us, grooming was normal.' Describing the horrific sexual abuse she was subjected to, Sarah said: 'Some nights, I was driven hundreds of miles away and ordered to have sex with as many as seven men in a row.' She said refusing wasn't an option. 'How could I say no? I didn't want to be stranded with no money to get home and they'd got me hooked on the alcohol and drugs they knew I couldn't afford myself. 'Plus, they'd threatened to petrol bomb my family home if I didn't do as they said,' she said. +15 Sarah pictured aged 14 when the men who groomed her had her hooked on drugs and alcohol +15 Innocence lost: Sarah pictured as a four-year-old, seven years later she was groomed by sexual predators Sarah said the police and social services did little to help her and she was only freed when she turned 17 - as she was then deemed 'too old' for the paedophiles. She revealed: 'My mum reported me missing countless times but the police barely batted an eyelid. 'The reason? In their opinion, we'd agreed to this. We kept going back to these men, so surely they couldn't be raping us. Girls like me - and our families - were crying out for help, but no one listened. Politicians were worried that addressing the issue of grooming by British Pakistani men would "give oxygen" to racism 'As for my social workers, they put me in a children's home, where my abusers collected me in taxis every single day. When they brought me back in the early hours of the morning, the staff even paid the fare. 'Girls like me - and our families - were crying out for help, but no one listened. Politicians were worried that addressing the issue of grooming by British Pakistani men would "give oxygen" to racism.' Sarah recalls: 'When I was 17, I eventually escaped my abusers, with the help of my mum and a friend from the British Pakistani community who intervened. By then, I was too old for the men who'd groomed me.' Justice started to be served in November 2010 when five men were jailed for a string of sexually related offences against girls in 2010. This was later revealed to be just the tip of the iceberg. An investigation by The Times found thousands of girls had been victims of sexual predators. This led to further investigations and by February 2015, South Yorkshire Police said up to 29 people had been charged with child sexual exploitation offences in Rotherham. Now free of the men who abused her, Sarah is slowly trying to move on with her life. She said: 'The scars of years of abuse don't heal overnight. 'I'm 23 now and I still feel anxious going into town alone. I rarely use taxis, as so many of the men who raped me were taxi drivers. 'I've struggled to do the things many young women take for granted, like going to college and getting a full-time job. 'If I didn't have such a supportive family, I worry I'd have turned to drugs or crime - or that I'd be dead.' +15 Sarah aged 13 being caught about pregnancy. By this age, she'd already been raped countless times +15 +15 Maggie, Sarah's mother, pictured left, said she did 'everything I could' to keep her daughter away from the men. Sarah, pictured right when pregnant, has now become a mother and is determined to move on Rotherham grooming victim: 'Authorities knew for two years' THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROTHERHAM SCANDAL CONTINUES Police and social workers in the South Yorkshire town were accused of being too concerned about being labelled racist to speak out about the crimes involving 1,400 children. Last week it emerged that the massive inquiry into the Rotherham sex abuse scandal could run until at least 2018 and has so far identified 300 suspects. Investigators say the number of possible offenders is changing on a ‘daily basis’ and they suspect ‘thousands of offences’ have been committed. The team has seized 92 boxes containing several thousand files and identified more than 3,300 lines of inquiry. The suspects are ‘predominantly’ Asian men from the South Yorkshire town and include two who have worked for the council. Their victims are mainly white, British, underage and ‘vulnerable’ girls. Operation Stovewood is currently costing up to £5million every year, and is still likely to be ongoing in three years’ time – putting the total bill for the inquiry at around £15million. So far the inquiry has backed an original estimate that 1,400 girls were abused in Rotherham during a 16-year period from 1997 to 2013. She continues to lives in Rotherham, where she is helping to bring up her niece, Alesha, following her sister's death, and has recently become a mother herself. She said becoming a parent has made her even more passionate about preventing child abuse which is why she has shared her story in a new book, Violated, published by Harper Element. Sarah said: 'I've realised I don't have to be a victim forever. I'm also a survivor, and I can make a difference. 'Alongside other victims, I'm doing something about grooming. I'm working with the police and children's charities to help professionals recognise the signs of child sexual exploitation. 'I want to help them see that no child can consent to having a sexual relationship with a grown man and to understand that it doesn't matter what colour someone's skin is if he's drugging and abusing a vulnerable teenage girl. 'I'm taking a stand against grooming because I don't want my children to be targeted like I was. 'We've all got to act, or another generation of girls will be lost. My abusers stole my youth, but I won't let them steal my future.' Sarah's mother, Maggie, agrees. Describing how difficult the period was for her, she said: 'For six long years I watched helplessly as my beloved daughter was manipulated and controlled by merciless paedophiles.' She said her 'once quiet and caring daughter' suddenly started staying out late, drinking and smoking at the age of 11 and she later discovered a group of older men were to blame. 'When Sarah went missing for the first time, I was frantic and I called the police. She was barely a mile from home, but they told me they couldn't find her,' Maggie recalls. 'A short while later, I found her on a street corner with two Asian men old enough to be her dad. 'They laughed in my face when I told them to stay away from my daughter as she'd just turned 12.' Maggie said she did 'everything I could' to keep Sarah away from these men but she was so scared of them, she would come running every time they called. 'Every time it rang she had to do as they said, or face the consequences. They even threatened to petrol bomb our family home if she refused to come out,' Maggie said. +15 +15 Mohsin Khan, 21, left (jailed for four years) and Razwan Razaq, 30 (jailed for 11 years), from Rotherham, were convicted of a string of sexually related offences against girls as young as 12 in 2010 +15 +15 Umar Razaq, 24, left (jailed for four and a half years - and is now out of jail) and Zafran Ramzan, 21 (jailed for nine years), from Rotherham, prowled the streets looking for girls, attacking them in parks and in their cars Adil Hussain, 20, from Rotherham, was jailed for four and a half years in 2010. He is now out of prison 'I tried locking all of the doors but she'd climb out of the bathroom window and scale down the drainpipe to the taxi which would carry her off into the night.' Maggie said when she called the police, they were disinterested and unhelpful. A probe into how police handled child sexual exploitation in Rotherham is currently looking into allegations against officers after complaints were sent to the force watchdog. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is also examining allegations against ten officers involved in the investigation into one of the country's most prolific child abuse rings. Describing her experience with the force, Maggie said: 'Sometimes, Sarah would be gone for days. 'Every time, I phoned the police, sick with worry and scared this would be the time she wouldn't come home at all. 'The sigh was always audible on the other end of the phone. The officers usually told me to give them a call when Sarah returned, rarely even pretending that they were looking for her. 'Once, when she'd been missing for several days, I went to the local paper in desperation and asked them to circulate a photo. +15 A report revealed that, since the 1990s, up to 1,400 young girls in the Yorkshire town had been regularly abused by sex gangs, predominantly composed of Pakistani men +15 Like Sarah, 'Emma' (not her real name) pictured in Rotherham, was gang-raped by Asian gangs at the age of 12. Sarah said it was happening to so many girls in her home town, they thought it was 'normal' Rotherham child abuse victim on reporting rape claims to police 'Ten minutes later, I received a curt call from a police officer who accused me of deliberately trying to make the force look bad in the press. 'I tried everything to get the police to listen. One day, I scrolled through the contacts book of Sarah's phone and found the numbers of 177 British Pakistani men. 'I copied them all down and gave them to the police but they told me they couldn't do anything in case it breached the Data Protection Act. 'Eventually, Sarah was taken into care to protect the rest of the family. 'High on the cocaine these men plied her with, she'd threatened me with a knife when I’d tried to stop her going out. 'Our social workers placed her in a children's home, which was a known target for these predatory gangs who combed Rotherham looking for vulnerable girls to drug and abuse. 'They hadn't made it harder for these depraved men to reach Sarah, they'd made it much easier.' Maggie was eventually able to help her daughter when she turned 17 and the men lost interest in her over younger girls. Violated: a shocking and harrowing survival story from the notorious Rotherham abuse scandal by Sarah Wilson is published by Harper Element at £7.99 and eBook at £5.99 GIRL, 17, MURDERED FOR 'BRINGING SHAME' ON PAKISTANI MEN WHO USED HER FOR SEX AFTER SHE BECAME 'ALMOST INVISIBLE' TO SOCIAL WORKERS Sarah Wilson's sister Laura, from Rotherham, was 17 when she was stabbed and dumped in a canal by her Asian boyfriend in the UK's first white honour killing. Ashtiaq Ashgar murdered Laura in 2010 after she told his family about their secret relationship. The teenager was left to die in a canal, after being stabbed more than 40 times, mostly to the head. After Laura's death, it was revealed that social workers had known for six years that the white teenage mother was at clear risk from predatory Asian gangs. +15 Laura pictured as a teenager with her daughter Alesha They had received information about certain adults who were suspected of targeting Laura from the age of 11. Laura began her relationship with Ashgar in 2008, when she was 15 and he was 16. Ashgar came from a traditional Muslim family who were planning an arranged marriage for their son with a girl from Pakistan. But unbeknown to his family, he lived a double life where he drank, smoked cannabis, carried weapons and had numerous relationship with women, including Laura. When Laura found out that he has been seeing other girls, they broke up and she slept with this married friend, 22-year-old Ishaq 'Zac' Hussein, to make him jealous. Just 16 at the time, Laura fell pregnant and had a daughter, Alesha. Hussein refused to acknowledge he was the father. After Alesha was born, Laura and Ashgar rekindled their relationship. But he insisted it must be a secret. Laura soon became sick of being Ashgar's secret and on October 6, 2010, she and her sister Sarah made the fatal mistake of revealing all to his family. Laura and Sarah also visited Zac's family to reveal how he is the father of her baby. After that, Ashgar sent Zac a text message saying: 'I'm gonna send that b***** to Hell.' He also said he wanted to make 'beans on toast' of her, which is a phrase that means to spill blood. Ashgar then asked Laura to meet him at the canal one evening where he murdered her. Both Ashgar and Hussein were charged with murder. Ashgar pleaded guilty and was given a life sentence. He will be eligible for parole in 2029 when he is 34. Hussein was acquitted of murder following a retrial. Read more:Violated: A Shocking and Harrowing Survival Story from the Notorious Rotherham Abuse Scandal: Amazon.co.uk: Sarah Wilson: 9780008141264: Books Share or comment on this article

The Khalsa salutes you Simon Danczuk MP! http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/simon-danczuk-steps-back-from-child-abuse-campaign-after-it-left-him-with-depression-and-a-wrecked-marriage-10369364.html Simon Danczuk steps back from child abuse campaign after it left him with depression and a wrecked marriage Rochdale MP says Parliament is a 'lonely place' where there was an expectation to be 'tough' Matt Dathan Monday, 6 July 2015 A Labour MP who has played a leading role in the fight to expose historic child sex abuse in Westminster has said he is stepping back from his campaigning role due to depression. A Labour MP who has played a leading role in the fight to expose historic child sex abuse in Westminster has said he is stepping back from his campaigning role due to depression. Simon Danczuk, Labour MP for Rochdale, said the battle to uncover paedophilia in the highest echelons of power had left him needing psychiatric treatment and it had also helped wreck his marriage. He split with his wife Karen Danczuk in a bitter public break-up last week. Karen took to Twitter this afternoon to say she was "very proud" of his admission and it was "the first step to getting better". Very proud of @SimonDanczuk admission today. It's the first step to getting better. Me & our boys are right behind him through this. KD — Karen Danczuk (@KarenDanczuk) July 6, 2015

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b061c786 BBC OneA Song for Jenny Home Clips Galleries Information and Support This programme will be available shortly after broadcast A Song for Jenny One-off drama which tells the true story of Julie Nicholson's response to her daughter Jenny's death in the 7 July bombing at Edgware Road tube station. A moving film that explores the impact of violence on one woman and her family. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/vicar-struggles-to-forgive-the-terrorists-who-killed-her-daughter-468960.html Vicar struggles to forgive the terrorists who killed her daughter Peace and reconciliation - but Julie Nicholson cannot forgive the terrorists who killed her daughter Jenny, so she has resigned as vicar of a Bristol church. Paul Vallely explores the nature of loss and forgiveness Tuesday 07 March 2006 Print A A A "It's very difficult to stand behind an altar and lead people in words of peace and reconciliation and forgiveness when I feel very far from that myself." So said the Rev Julie Nicholson, announcing her intention to resign her role as vicar of St Aidan's church in Bristol. What has estranged her from one of the most fundamental tenets of her Christian faith is the killing of her daughter, Jenny. The 24-year-old, a gifted musician, died in one of the four terrorist bomb explosions in London on 7 July last year. Mrs Nicholson and her husband, Greg, were on holiday in Wales when they found out their daughter had been murdered. She had not publicly discussed Jenny's death until yesterday, declining to speak at her funeral at Bristol Cathedral in August. She went on extended compassionate leave and has now decided that she is unable to return to her job. She plans to continue working for the Church outside the priesthood, running community arts projects. "I am looking for a way in which I can still have priestly ministry when there are some things I can no longer practise, or I can't currently practise," she said. "For me that's about integrity." Who could blame her lack of forgiveness? Certainly not Gee Walker, whose 18-year-old son, Anthony, was killed in a racist attack in Liverpool just days after Jenny Nicholson was blown apart at Edgware Road. Yet when two youths were accused of the killing of her son, Mrs Walker astonished the nation by announcing that she forgave the murderers. This week she gave another interview in which she elaborated that she feels "no hate for them whatsoever" and indeed she wanted to find out what lay behind the hate which led them to kill her son. "I just feel like, what's missing in their lives?" she said. "I know it's strange, but it's true. I'd love to do the motherly thing and sit them down and find out why. But as for hate, none at all. I just feel sadness." Human instinct draws the vast majority of us closer to the vicar's response. Our instinct is to fight hate with hate. So much so that Anthony Walker's mother was actually criticised in several red-tops for voicing sentiments of forgiveness. Murdering scum did not need forgiving, it was said. Mrs Walker's reaction, they implied, while nominally laudable, was somehow unnatural. "Every Christian theologian," one broadsheet loftily - and wrongly - informed us that "forgiveness and rehabilitation can come only after true repentance". Repentance, of course, is not essential. If it was, forgiveness would not seem so perverse. In the gospels, St Peter asks Jesus how often he should forgive those who wronged him? Seven times? No, says Jesus, 70 times seven. It seems - like Christ's request to God, as he is crucified, "Father forgive them they know not what they do" - just impossible. Counsels of perfection may be OK for the son of God, but we mortals struggle with the notion. Acts of forgiveness are tremendously costly. One of the most celebrated of the last century was that of Gordon Wilson, who was standing at the war memorial in Enniskillen for the annual Remembrance Day service in 1987 when an IRA bomb exploded. Eleven people were killed, including Mr Wilson's daughter, Marie. The world was touched when, in a voice cracking with grief, he told of how he clutched her hand as they lay beneath the rubble and then said: "I have lost my daughter and we shall miss her, but I bear no ill will. I bear no grudge. Dirty sort of talk is not going to bring her back to life. She was a great wee lassie. She loved her profession. She was a pet. She's dead." Forgiveness did not diminish his grief, it magnified it. The moment became a turning point in Ulster's history, as the Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams, was forced to declare that another such atrocity would utterly undermine the Republican cause. Something is transformed, in such moments, in the soul of society and of the person who forgives. Gee Walker understands the personal dimension of that. "Why live a life sentence? Hate killed my son, so why should I be a victim too? Unforgiveness makes you a victim and why should I be a victim?" But Archbishop Desmond Tutu articulated the social dimension of the same insight at the weekend in the remarkable BBC 2 programmeFacing the Truth, which brought face to face victims and killers from Northern Ireland's Troubles. The archbishop, who oversaw the running of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in his South Africa after the end of apartheid, said that for the victims, "holding on to your resentment means you are locked into your victimhood - and you allow the perpetrator to have a hold over your life. When you forgive, you let go, it sets you free, and it will probably set free the perpetrator. There is much to be won from making yourself a little vulnerable." For society that gave a way out of a cycle of recriminations about the past. It is a truth which reaches beyond South Africa. Forgiveness is a process rather than an act. The theologian Henri Nouwen understood that. His book The Return of the Prodigal Son is a meditation on the gospel parable as illustrated in Rembrandt's painting of the same name. Initially, he explains, we are drawn to the image of the prodigal himself, putting ourself in his shoes, recalling the wrongs we have done in our life, feeling his guilt, expressing his repentance - although we resist the idea that we need complete forgiveness because it goes against our human nature. It is only later in life that we realise we have more in common with the elder son in the parable, who does not stray, but stays at home and works his father's land - and is deeply resentful of the prodigality of the father's generosity in welcoming back his errant younger son. His self-righteousness is the more common response, and just as in need of the father's forgiveness. Again it is more difficult to translate this away from the personal, which is what Desmond Tutu has been trying to do. But the wrongs of contemporary society are as much breaks in good relations between classes, races and nations as ruptures in relationships between individuals. So what we need to address that is a politics of forgiveness. It is important not to confuse forgiveness with pardon. Truth and Reconciliation Commissions will not always be a substitute for justice. Nor does forgiving someone such as Myra Hindley mean it was not right that she should die in prison. And sometimes the time is not right for forgiveness. On Facing the Truth Clifford Burrage was brought face-to-face with Mary McLarnon, whose brother he had shot as a young soldier in Belfast in 1971. The ghosts that haunted them were laid bare in what Desmond Tutu called the ritual of forgiveness. But though Mr Burrage asked to be forgiven, Mary McLarnon could not give it. Even so there was a clear sense of progress made. It may yet come. As it may for the vicar in Bristol. Not everyone is convinced. The psychiatrist Professor Roy McClelland chairs an organisation in Northern Ireland called Healing Through Remembering. He has reservations about the BBC's Irish experiment. "The BBC may have offered some [counselling] support to those in the programme," he said, "but there will be no support mechanisms for the hundreds of viewers who could re-live their individual experiences and trauma within their own living rooms ... Dialogue and discussion are parts of the healing process, but this takes time and can not be achieved during a series of one-off broadcasts." Perhaps so, but there is an important sense of something exemplary here. Social justice - as distinct from the narrower criminal kind - is about creating a system which recognises that the perpetrator and the victim are members of society and that both need reintegrating into something like normality. Forgiveness is a moral act of gratuitous love that introduces an opportunity into history. It opens up a possibility in relations between individuals, and between an individual and society. It attempts to break the repetitive cycle of hate. It does not deny that a rupture in the right order of things has taken place. But it refuses to be bound by the logic of hatred. It is not about the erasure of truthful memory; it does not deny what has been done or its consequences. But it is determined that the event or action should lead to new possibilities. At the heart of that is a key insight of Desmond Tutu's. His experiences in South Africa, he says, have made him believe that there is no such thing as an "evil" person - only evil deeds. "Perpetrators don't have horns, don't have tails, they are as ordinary looking as you and I." Perhaps that is what makes it so hard to forgive them. 'Anger begets hatred, begets more violence' Marie Fatayi-Williams, Mother of July 7 victim Anthony Fatayi-Williams The parents of Anthony, 26, an oil company executive from north London who died in the Tavistock Square bus bombing, have said they forgive the bomber. Described by his family as a "world citizen", Mr Fatayi-Williams had a Muslim father and a Catholic mother. He was educated in Nigeria, Paris and Britain. Mrs Fatayi-Williams said at the funeral mass in Westminster Cathedral: "I am distraught, but I'm not angry. What would that do? Anger begets hatred, begets more violence, so let's forgive." His parents launched the Anthony Fatayi-Williams Foundation for Peace and Conflict Resolution in his memory. Gee Walker, Mother of race murder victim Anthony Walker Anthony, 18, was killed with an ice axe in Huyton, Merseyside, last July. Paul Taylor, 20, and Michael Barton, 17, were jailed for life for the racist attack. Outside court, Mrs Walker said: "At the point of death, Jesus said: 'I forgive them for they know not what they do.' I have got to forgive them.'' Last week, she added: "I feel no hate for them. I just feel like, what's missing in their lives? I'd love to do the motherly thing and sit them down and find out why. But as for hate, none at all. I just feel sadness." The Walker family set up the Anthony Walker Foundation to promote racial integration. Colin Parry, Father of IRA bomb victim Timothy Parry Mr Parry has devoted himself to peace work since Timothy, 12, died in an IRA bombing at Warrington in 1993. He set up the Tim Parry-Johnathan Ball Trust, to persuade young people "that they can resolve any problems without violence". 'They were evil and they are still evil' Aileen Quinton, Daughter of Enniskillen bomb victim Alberta Quinton Ms Quinton's mother, Alberta, was killed in the Enniskillen bombing in 1987 and has been a persistent campaigner against the IRA, which carried out the attack, and similar organisations. Last month she attended a Protestant protest in Dublin, and in 1997, on the 10th anniversary of the bombing, staged a protest outside Sinn Fein's offices there. She said: "Am I meant to be grateful because the IRA says it is going to stop doing something that it had no right starting? It will have no compunction in starting up again ... Some will dismiss my opinions as 'coloured by her grief'. The ultimate victory for terrorism is when we give up on our values." Denise Fergus, Mother of murder victim James Bulger Denise Fergus, the mother of James Bulger, the two-year-old who was murdered by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, both aged 10, in Liverpool in 1993, has said that she can never forgive her son's killers. James was abducted while his mother was shopping. He was taken to nearby railway tracks, tortured, sexually abused and then murdered with bricks and pieces of metal. In 2001, when Thompson and Venables were released from prison with new iden-tities eight years after the murder, she said: "I never knew I had so much hate in me ... They were evil and they are still evil.'' Winnie Johnson, Mother of Moors victim Keith Bennett Winnie Johnson, 72, mother of the only victim of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley whose body has not been found, said she could never forgive. Keith was 12 when he disappeared in 1964. After Hindley's death in 2002, Mrs Johnson said: "I hope she goes to hell."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3141938/Calls-Director-Public-Prosecutions-quit-Mail-Sunday-forces-U-turn-Lord-Janner-trial.html Sunday, Jun 28th 2015 10AM 19°C 1PM 18°C 5-Day Forecast Home Top Calls for Director of Public Prosecutions to quit after Mail on Sunday forces U-turn over Lord Janner trial DPP Alisnon Saunders' decision not to prosecute Janner was overturned U-turn came days after MoS revealed Labour peer had visited Parliament Critics insisted Mrs Saunders step down after such a catastrophic error Janner, 86, who has dementia, is accused of molesting boys in his care By Paul Cahalan and Martin Beckford for The Mail on Sunday Published: 01:34, 28 June 2015 | Updated: 02:21, 28 June 2015 69 shares The Director of Public Prosecutions was facing calls to quit last night as her decision not to prosecute alleged paedophile Lord Janner was dramatically overturned. The legal U-turn came just days after The Mail on Sunday revealed that the Labour peer had made secret visits to Parliament despite medics claiming he was too ill to be questioned by police. Critics insisted Alison Saunders could not continue as the head of the Crown Prosecution Service when she had made such a catastrophic mistake over the high-profile case of the 86-year-old, who is accused of molesting boys in care. +5 +5 Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders was facing calls to quit last night as her decision not to prosecute alleged paedophile Lord Janner was dramatically overturned She provoked fury among police chiefs when she ruled in April that Lord Janner could not be prosecuted because of his dementia, despite detectives collecting enough evidence to charge him with 22 offences against nine victims in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Mrs Saunders, who earns £205,000 a year, strongly defended her decision – but an external QC was drafted in to reconsider the case after a challenge from alleged victims. Last night it emerged the CPS has accepted the review’s decision to let the case be heard in court. RELATED ARTICLESPrevious 1 Next Janner WILL face justice: Top barrister to recommend DPP's... Ministers plot ways to stifle Freedom of Information amid... Lord Janner and the paedophile ring at his son's elite... Labour peer Lord Janner 'violated, raped and tortured'... Share this articleShare 69 shares Campaigning Labour MP Simon Danczuk – who declared in the Commons last week that Lord Janner had ‘violated, raped and tortured’ children on school trips to Westminster – led the calls for the DPP to quit. Mrs Saunders already faced pressure after the £20million failed prosecution of journalists over paying public officials, and the ‘show trial’ of a doctor accused of female genital mutilation that ended with his acquittal in less than half an hour. Mr Danczuk said last night: ‘I think she should go. There was a lack of transparency over the decision, she had the case for more than a year, she made the decision when Parliament wasn’t sitting and there were doubts about conflicts of interest over the advice. +5 +5 Janner (centre) made secret visits to Parliament despite medics claiming he was too ill to be questioned by police Loader appalled at initial decision to not prosecute Janner ‘But more than that we need somebody at the head of the CPS who can not only make legal decisions but someone who also has emotional and political intelligence. ‘She’s been totally out of touch with public opinion on this and The Mail on Sunday was right to make this such a big issue, as we’ve had to drag our justice system kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.’ +5 Campaigning Labour MP Simon Danczuk (pictured) led the calls for the DPP to quit Liz Dux of law firm Slater and Gordon, which is representing many of the peer’s alleged victims, said: ‘This would be total vindication of what my clients have been asking for all along ... they have wanted to give evidence for many years and now look forward to doing so.’ Lord Janner will face a ‘trial of the facts’ – a legal process used when suspects are deemed unfit to enter pleas, instruct lawyers or follow proceedings. A jury will hear the evidence against him and will decide if he ‘did the facts’, but there will be no verdict and no sanction. In some trials of facts, judges can impose hospital orders if the public needs to be protected from a dangerous suspect, but Lord Janner is not considered to pose such a risk. Daniel Janner, the peer’s son who is himself a QC, said the matter was now sub judice and he could not comment. The unprecedented U-turn on a DPP’s personal decision comes days after The Mail on Sunday revealed that Lord Janner used his Parliamentary car park pass, signed cheques and told clerks he was there on official business in June 2014 – months after police had been told he was too ill to be interviewed. It can also be revealed today that Lord Janner still has two laptop computers provided by the House of Lords, and reported his Blackberry lost last July, although he no longer has an office in Millbank. A CPS spokesman said last night: ‘We cannot confirm the outcome of the review until all of the parties have been informed.’

I congratulate Satnam Singh on his selection to play for a NBA team. I hope he will be a leading light in Sikhi in this area of sport.

"It's the economy, stupid" I doubt very much the Tunisians authorities cared much for the hate filled mosques and probably tacitly supported them. Now with the economy affected with tourists staying away the Tunisian authorities have finally been forced to act.

http://rt.com/uk/269695-essex-police-child-abuse/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome Home / UK / Essex Police: 25 officers suspended, handling of child sex abuse cases investigated Published time: June 25, 2015 13:55 Edited time: June 26, 2015 08:02 Get short URL Reuters / Yannis Behrakis Tags Children, Health, History, Police, Sex, UK Essex Police are investigating 29 officers as the force undergoes an inquiry into its handling of 49 child abuse cases between 2011 and 2015. Of the 29 present and former officers, six are being criminally investigated, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said. There are 25 current and four former officers under investigation by the IPCC. Only two serving officers have been suspended. The rest have been placed on restricted duties. The majority of the rest have been placed on restricted duties.The IPCC is looking into allegations of misconduct and perversion of the course of justice, with officers being investigated for alleged failures over victim safeguarding and problems with the investigation process. There are also concerns about the honesty and integrity of officers over the way some investigations into child abuse were conducted. Read moreJanner ‘violated, raped & tortured’ children on Westminster Palace estate, MP alleges Some 22 of the notices are in relation to alleged gross misconduct. Essex Police said it had taken “a number of immediate actions to put things right.” The latest notices given to officers mean the number of policemen and women currently under investigation has nearly doubled since the beginning of the inquiry into the police force. Initially, when the IPCC announced its investigation into Essex Police’s handing of child abuse cases, only 12 officers were being investigated. That number has now risen to 25 serving officers, and four further ex-officers. “These investigations relate to issues we identified and referred to the IPCC,” Deputy Chief Constable Derek Benson said. “We took a number of immediate actions to put things right and will work with the IPCC to identify where further improvements need to be made. “We are working closely with partner agencies and children’s charities to ensure the force gets expert, independent advice, and the changes we have made to the way we investigate child abuse cases mean that our investigations will be of the highest standards possible. “There is no more important issue to Essex Police than protecting children,” he added. Essex Crime Commissioner Nick Alston said the force “must be careful not to pre-judge the outcome.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3138984/Police-withheld-bombshell-report-revealing-gangs-Muslim-men-grooming-100-schoolgirls-young-10-case-inflamed-racial-tensions-ahead-General-Election.html Thursday, Jun 25th 2015 10PM 16°C 1AM 14°C 5-Day Forecast Home Top Police withheld bombshell report revealing how gangs of Muslim men were grooming more than 100 schoolgirls as young as 13 in case it inflamed racial tensions ahead of General Election West Midlands Police release March 2010 document for first time this week It says 100 mainly white children were at serious risk of being groomed Report says perpetrators were all Asian, which could cause tension locally No appeal was made and the report was published for first time this week By Martin Robinson for MailOnline Published: 13:31, 25 June 2015 | Updated: 15:57, 25 June 2015 2.4k shares 282 View comments +4 New revelations: West Midlands Police were warned more than 100 predominantly white children - some as young as 13 - were at serious risk of child exploitation five years ago (file picture) Britain's second largest police force withheld a report about gangs of Muslim men grooming children in case it inflamed racial tensions ahead of a General Election, it was revealed today. West Midlands Police were warned more than 100 predominantly white children - some as young as 13 - were at serious risk of child exploitation five years ago. A document entitled 'Problem Profile, Operation Protection' from March 2010 reveals Asian gangs targeted schools and children's homes across the force area. The report, written for senior officers, also reveals how white girls were used to recruit other vulnerable victims on behalf of the gangs. But there were fears over a row ahead of the May 2010 General Election and an English Defence League rally in April leading to a 'backlash against law abiding citizens from Asian/Pakistani communities'. Despite the warnings police did not warn the public or appeal for information about the men responsible and the report was only published this week under the Freedom of Information Act. In one heavily redacted passage, the document reads: 'In (redacted) a teacher at a (redacted) that a group of Asian males were approaching pupils at the school gate and grooming them. Strong anecdotal evidence shows this MO (modus operandi) is being used across the force. 'Operations in other forces have identified an MO where offenders use a young girl in a children's home to target and groom other residents on their behalf. 'This has also been evidenced within the force in (redacted) and (redacted). 'The girl's motivation to recruit new victims is often that the provision of new girls provides her a way to escape the cycle of abuse.' The report said police had identified a potential 139 victims, 78 per cent of whom were white while more than half were aged 13 to 15. +4 Revealed: In these documents police pin-pointed 75 grooming suspects - most with a history of sexual violence - with most being from a Muslim background from Birmingham. Warning: The document says that all members of the gang were Asian - and nine were men and one was a woman +4 Redacted: The report was published by the West Midlands force for the first time this week but their names, aside from the alleged offences, have been hidden RELATED ARTICLESPrevious 1 2 Next Folly of human rights luvvies: As actors fight plans to axe... Two of the 300 Rotherham child sex abuse suspects are... At least 300 paedophile rapists, groomers and sex... Brave 11-year-old girl makes the decision to still travel to... Ministers plot ways to stifle Freedom of Information amid... Share this articleShare 2.4k shares Defence: West Midlands Police Assistant Chief Constable Carl Foulkes says the force has come a long way since the report was written Half of all victims, who were from Birmingham, Dudley and Walsall, lived with their parents, while 41 per cent were in care. Police pin-pointed 75 grooming suspects - most with a history of sexual violence - with most being from a Muslim background from Birmingham. The report stated: 'The vast majority of identified suspects (79 per cent) are Asian (59 of 75), 12 per cent are white and five per cent are African Caribbean. 62 per cent of Asian suspects are of Pakistani origin. 'Pakistani males account for half of all identified suspects in the force (37 of 75). 'Offenders are likely to have a history of previous sexual offences, as well as a wide range of other offences and convictions. 'A high level of organised criminality has now been evidenced both across the force area and regionally, with multiple offenders working together to identify, groom and abuse victims. 'In a number of organised groups victims are forced into prostitution and high levels of intimidation and force are used to keep the victims compliant.' +4 Concerns: The report speaks of an upcoming English Defence League march through Dudley a month later, which saw streets emptied and shops boarded up The shocking document also highlighted fears of 'community tensions' if the police made the report's findings public. HOW WEST MIDLANDS REPORT HAS SHADES OF ROTHERHAM SCANDAL West Midlands Police's decision to withhold details of alleged child abuse amid fears of increasing racial tensions has shades of the scandal in Rotherham. Police and social workers in the South Yorkshire town were accused of being too concerned about being labelled racist to speak out about the crimes involving 1,400 children. Yesterday it emerged that the massive inquiry into the Rotherham sex abuse scandal could run until at least 2018 and has so far identified 300 suspects. Investigators say the number of possible offenders is changing on a ‘daily basis’ and they suspect ‘thousands of offences’ have been committed. The team has seized 92 boxes containing several thousand files and identified more than 3,300 lines of inquiry. The suspects are ‘predominantly’ Asian men from the South Yorkshire town and include two who have worked for the council. Their victims are mainly white, British, underage and ‘vulnerable’ girls. Operation Stovewood is currently costing up to £5million every year, and is still likely to be ongoing in three years’ time – putting the total bill for the inquiry at around £15million. So far the inquiry has backed an original estimate that 1,400 girls were abused in Rotherham during a 16-year period from 1997 to 2013. Last night children’s charities demanded that the men should be brought to justice. Barnardo’s chief executive Javed Khan said: ‘Because so many vulnerable children were ignored by the authorities, groomers got away with exploiting them for years. ‘Ensuring the cases against groomers go to trial is vital in giving sexually exploited children confidence that the justice system does work for them; that if they come forward, they will be believed and supported'. It stated: 'The predominant offender profile of Pakistani Muslim males... combined with the predominant victim profile of white females has the potential to cause significant community tensions. 'There is a potential for a backlash against the vast majority of law abiding citizens from Asian/Pakistani communities from other members of the community believing their children have been exploited. 'These factors, combined with an EDL protest in Dudley in April and a General Election in May could notably increase community tension. 'Police will be criticised if it appears we have not safeguarded vulnerable children, investigated offences and prosecuted offenders.' The lengthy report concluded authorities in the West Midlands needed to improve its care of missing care home children. It stated: 'There is strong evidence in the vast majority of all cases that the victims are enticed, stupefied or controlled by alcohol and a mixture of controlled drugs. 'The victims are already suffering from health conditions relating to their chaotic lifestyle and exploitation (Pregnancy, termination, STDs, neglect, and physical and psychological problems).' West Midlands Police Assistant Chief Constable Carl Foulkes said: 'These reports, spanning six years, give a real insight into the journey we have undertaken along with our partners into investigating and tackling child sexual exploitation. 'There is no doubt that there has been a significant cultural change within the force in respect of this issue and it is now very clear that the responsibility of tackling CSE (child sexual exploitation) lies with every police officer, staff member, PCSO and special constable. 'The force has carried out extensive work to train officers across the force in how to identify and deal with CSE so we can gain as much intelligence as possible and thereby improving the outcomes for victims. 'We continue to take great steps and as a result of our efforts and without doubt the coverage within local and national media, we are seeing more victims coming forward to report abuse, knowing we will take their allegations seriously and treat them sensitively and respectfully.' 300 suspects found in child sexual exploitation investigation Share or comment on this article

After our six brave Sikhs were jailed in preventing serious crimes in taking place at the Moghul Durbar why does our own community even vote Labour? http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/25/keith-vaz-helped-kill-90s-probe-greville-janner-claims-why-is-vaz-silent-now Keith Vaz helped kill a 90s probe into the Greville Janner claims: why is he silent now? Jay Rayner The MP was among those whose support for Lord Janner stifled an investigation into child-abuse allegations. Vaz should admit his error Political calculation? Keith Vaz. Photograph: Martin Godwin Saturday 25 April 2015 20.48 BST Last modified on Sunday 26 April 2015 00.01 BST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Keith Vaz, prospective parliamentary candidate for Leicester East, is a keen user of Twitter. On any given day, the veteran MP, who has held the constituency for the Labour party since 1987, can tweet half a dozen times or more, spraying a mix of feeble self-promotion and blunt political rhetoric. Except at the moment. Last Sunday, he tweeted his thanks to the Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan, who had visited the city to campaign alongside him. Since then, Vaz has been uncharacteristically silent. It’s bizarre, because finally there’s something people want to hear him talk about. Last week in the Observer, I described how my 1991 investigations into allegations of child sex abuse by the former Leicester MP Greville, now Lord, Janner, were brought to a halt by supportive statements in the Commons from MPs. Key among them was that by Vaz, who said that his close colleague had been “the victim of a cowardly and wicked attack”. When news first broke on 16 April that Janner would not stand trial on 22 counts of child abuse because of his dementia, I asked Vaz via Twitter whether he would care to comment about his support for Janner. He first reacted by blocking me. He unblocked me, but didn’t respond. Lord Janner could face dementia test, child abuse lawyer says Read more I assumed that he would speak after my article was published and widely circulated, but no. A week on, and the failure to respond properly to the issues I have raised continues. The most generous analysis is that Vaz is making a blunt political calculation in the midst of an election: he just has to tough it out. The problem is that the longer he fails to address the issues fully, the more complicit he seems in a passive establishment effort to help Janner to avoid facing charges in court. It’s not as if there isn’t a form of words he could use. He could reference the recognised cleverness of suspected abusers, and express regret if anything he once said added to the distress of Janner’s alleged victims. It seems he has decided against that. As a result, a matter that could have been consigned to history remains very much alive. More features TopicsKeith Vaz Child protection Children Crime

Now at least 300 paedophile rapists, groomers and sex traffickers face arrest as huge list of suspects drawn up by new police probe into gangs who abused 1,400 girls in Rotherham, what about arresting corrupt police officers, Labour councillors who turned a blind eye, social services who were inept and left school children open to abuse by child rapist, churches who failed to speak up theses henious crimes??? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3137441/New-police-probe-child-sex-attacks-Rotherham-identified-300-abuse-suspects-far.html At least 300 paedophile rapists, groomers and sex traffickers face arrest as huge list of suspects drawn up by new police probe into gangs who abused 1,400 girls in RotherhamNational Crime Agency probe 'Operation Stovewood' began last year Says 1,400 victims in town identified by report was 'very good estimate' Children were raped, trafficked and groomed by mainly Asian gangs Report was critical of police and local authority actions over 16 years By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 12:29, 24 June 2015 | Updated: 16:45, 24 June 2015 282 shares 239 View comments A new investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham has so far identified around 300 possible suspects, it was revealed today. The National Crime Agency said the 1,400 victims in the town who were identified by Professor Alexis Jay last year in her damning report on what happened in the town was a ‘very good estimate’. The NCA investigation - Operation Stovewood - began in December after the agency was asked to intervene by South Yorkshire Police. Scroll down for video +4 +4 Probe: National Crime Agency senior investigating officer Steve Baldwin (left) said the 1,400 victims who were identified by Professor Alexis Jay (right) last year in her damning report was a 'very good estimate' This followed Professor Jay's report which painted a shocking picture of hundreds of children being raped, trafficked and groomed by mainly Asian gangs in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. The report, which was published in August last year and was highly critical of police and local authority actions over 16 years, shocked the nation and led to a wave of high profile resignations. The NCA’s senior investigating officer Steve Baldwin said his team - currently 32 officers - had identified more than 3,300 lines of inquiry. He said they had examined 47 boxes of written material, including 1,500 files, from the outreach group Risky Business alone - an organisation which tried to help many of the alleged victims. RELATED ARTICLESPrevious 1 Next Branded a 'dirty pervert' and sentenced to eight years:... Social media star 'videotaped trying to force his... Labour peer Lord Janner 'violated, raped and tortured'... Rabbi accused of molesting 11-year-old girl caught on... Share this articleShare 282 shares The officer confirmed most of the potential suspects were Asian men and most of the victims were white British girls and young women. Speaking in Sheffield, Mr Baldwin stressed the approximation of 300 suspects was constantly changing as officers uncovered new information about the men's identities. He told a briefing: ‘The abuse that has taken place in Rotherham is horrendous. We have gathered a huge amount of material in Operation Stovewood and this details some disturbing events. ‘We will use the information as a starting point for developing intelligence and evidence. Given the amount of victims there is, there is potential to identify thousands of offences.' 300 suspects found in child sexual exploitation investigation +4 Damning: The report published last year was highly critical of police and local authority actions over 16 years, shocked the nation and led to a wave of high profile resignations. Rotherham Council's offices are pictured Mr Baldwin said: ‘We will progress this investigation as quickly as professionally possible but it is complex. Much of the information we have is not yet in a format that makes it easy to analyse. ‘My priority at the moment is to ensure that we fully understand what has happened, and how, so that we can take the most effective action.’ Trevor Pearce, the NCA director in overall command of Operation Stovewood, said it was costing around £3million to £5million a year to run and could take a number of years to complete. The abuse that has taken place in Rotherham is horrendous. We have gathered a huge amount of material in Operation Stovewood and this details some disturbing events Steve Baldwin, National Crime Agency He said some South Yorkshire Police staff were being used as part of his team but no South Yorkshire Police officers. The NCA confirmed that two of those under investigation are serving or former Rotherham councillors. Mr Baldwin said his team was prioritising those suspects who still posed a threat and had committed the most serious offences. But he said: ‘I want to assure all victims that we will examine all allegations of abuse and, most importantly, we will listen to victims.’ He stressed that the investigators were being very careful about how they approached alleged victims, liaising with other agencies to make sure support is available to them. Mr Baldwin said: ‘Progress will best achieved at present by tackling what we have now and demonstrating through our actions that we deserve the trust and confidence of others." He said: ‘An examination of the material received by Operation Stovewood so far had identified a significant number of potential suspects. At the moment this is around 300. This number is changing on a daily basis as we do more research.’ +4 Rotherham scandal: The NCA confirmed most of the potential suspects were Asian men and most of the victims were white British girls and young women The officer said: ‘We have the Risky Business files. While we are still analysing this information, and I cannot provide you with a full picture today, I would say that Alexis Jay's estimate of 1,400 victims is a very good assessment.’ ‘We are focused on identifying who the victims are and putting names to their offenders.’ He said that last week alone the NCA received another 45 boxes of material. Both officers stressed that the operation was not going to rush to make arrests. Mr Baldwin said there was evidence the men involved were sometimes operating as part of organised networks and it was important to fully understand these conspiracies before rushing to prosecute individuals. For a large number of girls their lives have effectively been stolen Trevor Pearce, National Crime Agency Mr Pearce said: ‘For a large number of girls their lives have effectively been stolen.’ Asked how he would judge the success of the operation, he said it was not just about prosecutions. Mr Pearce said it was also about convincing victims they have been fully listened to and the community of Rotherham that they can be confident the statutory agencies were protecting their children. But he refused requests to comment on the South Yorkshire Police investigations between 1997 and 2013. He said it was not the NCA's role to investigate any alleged police misconduct but said his team was liaising with the separate Independent Police Complaints Commission inquiry. A NSPCC spokesman said today: ‘The scale of child sexual abuse in Rotherham that continues to be uncovered is staggering. ‘Eight years after the first victims of widespread grooming were identified the scandal is still rumbling on. This latest police investigation may relate to historical cases but still leaves the feeling that the dark shadow of abuse has not been lifted from the city. ‘We must hope this latest operation will finally sweep up those offenders who may still be posing a threat to children in Rotherham. No one should rest easy until all such predators are removed from the streets and victims get the justice they deserve.’ Share or comment on this article

All the evidence suggests this is the case!

Before you read the article below let me remind you what Keith Vaz Labour MP said in the defence of Janner http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11542572/How-Keith-Vaz-and-other-MPs-campaigned-for-change-in-the-law-after-wicked-attack-on-Greville-Janner.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3135014/Miliband-warned-stomach-churning-child-sex-abuse-allegations-against-Labour-peer-Lord-Janner-SIX-MONTHS-suspending-party.html Miliband warned of 'stomach churning' child sex abuse allegations against Labour peer Lord Janner SIX MONTHS before suspending him from the partySimon Danczuk warned Ed Miliband about allegations in October 2014 Backbench MP called on the then Labour leader to suspend Lord Janner Mr Miliband finally acted when prosecutors said there was enough evidence to change the former Labour MP But Crown Prosecution Service said Lord Janner was too ill to stand trial Labour tonight insisted Mr Miliband acted as soon as he had evidence By Tom McTague, Deputy Political Editor for MailOnline Published: 19:56, 22 June 2015 | Updated: 20:00, 22 June 2015 40 shares 34 View comments +3 Campaigning MP Simon Danczuk wrote to Mr Miliband in October last year – detailing a string of allegations against the Labour peer Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has been accused of failing to act after being presented with 'stomach churning' child sex abuse allegations against the peer Lord Janner. Campaigning MP Simon Danczuk wrote to Mr Miliband in October last year – detailing a string of allegations against the Labour peer, it emerged tonight. However, Mr Miliband failed to suspend Lord Janner from the party for another six months, prosecutors controversially ruled there was enough evidence to charge him with multiple counts of child abuse but could not put him on trial because he was too ill. In a letter seen by Channel 4 News, Mr Danczuk told the then Labour leader that he had been 'visited by three senior officers from Leicestershire Police'. He then detailed allegations of abuse against the peer and called on Mr Miliband to 'suspend Lord Janner from the Labour party at the earliest opportunity'. Six months later, Mr Miliband claimed he was 'deeply shocked' by what the Crown Prosecution Service 'seem to have discovered'. He added: 'My heart goes out the alleged victims.' But Mr Danczuk told Channel 4 News that Lord Janner should have been suspended sooner and called for him to be expelled. He said: 'No, you couldn't describe the action that has been taken by the party as swift and decisive. That isn't the case. The nature of the allegation is so serious that really decisive action was required.' Lord Janner's family issued a statement in April 2015, when the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to prosecute, denying all claims he abused children. It said: 'Lord Janner is a man of great integrity and high repute with a long and unblemished record of public service. He is entirely innocent of any wrongdoing. 'As the Crown Prosecution Service indicated today, this decision does not mean or imply that any of the allegations that have been made are established or that Lord Janner is guilty of any offence.' Labour tonight defended the party's response to Mr Danczuk's allegations. RELATED ARTICLESPrevious 1 Next

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33136887 Rotherham PC 'failed to act on abuse case'3 hours ago From the section UK PC Hassan Ali, who died in February, had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission A police officer called to a child abuse case in Rotherham failed to investigate it, a victim has said. PC Hassan Ali, who died this year, is said to have failed to get a statement from the victim or her mother. An independent report last year found 1,400 children had been abused in the town between 1997 and 2013. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating at least 42 South Yorkshire officers over alleged failures in dealing with the cases. The men who abused 12-year-old Lisa (not her real name) boasted that they would not be investigated. "They didn't care," she told the BBC's Panorama programme. "They knew that somewhere they had help to cover up their tracks because they said plenty of times that certain police officers would help them." ComplaintsAfter two days, Lisa's mother found the flat in which her daughter had been locked and abused and asked a local policeman to help her escape. Lisa told Panorama: "The police officer walked in and shined a torch because there was no electric and shined the torch towards me and said, 'She's here, come on.' "If I [had] walked in and I saw that, it would have been obvious [what had been happening]." The officer, PC Hassan Ali, "just asked if we wanted a lift home", Lisa told the programme. "My mum said, 'No,' and he basically asked my mum if she wanted to do a statement. And because she was working next morning, she said that she couldn't do anything there and then. "And he said he'd get back to her about it, and he never did." Two people have made complaints against PC Ali, and he had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). A few months ago, he died after being hit by a car, in what was described by police as a tragic accident. Dr Angie Heal says about 90 people received her 2006 report warning of sexual abuse of minors in Rotherham The programme has also learned that a 2006 report warning of the child abuse and trafficking of young girls in South Yorkshire was sent to about 90 people within the force. High-ranking police officers were among those who were forwarded copies of the report, by Dr Angie Heal, who was working as a drugs analyst for South Yorkshire Police . "There were two in Sheffield and one in Rotherham at that time, and it went to two officers, senior officers within the senior command team of South Yorkshire Police," she said. The force's chief constable at the time, Meredydd Hughes, told MPs he had not seen any of her reports. Giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee in September 2014, Mr Hughes said he had "singularly failed" victims of child abuse in the town but he had not seen Dr Heal's reports and had had "no understanding of the scale and the scope of the problems that have come to light". Fake helplineThe failure to act on Dr Heal's warnings is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. South Yorkshire Police says it is now in a "very different position" to where it was and is working with other agencies to "strengthen the support" it gives victims and survivors. One of those abused as a child told the programme that she had initially been groomed for abuse by men by Shafina Ali, a white woman who told people she had converted to Islam. This name also appears in documents, seen by Panorama, which describes Shafina Ali - who may have used up to four different names - as an associate of men viewed as key abusers. She worked for taxi firms in Rotherham and was said to be trying to set up a cab company to transport schoolchildren. A former Rotherham social worker, who wishes to remain anonymous, told the programme that she had been newly qualified when she had first been told about Shafina Ali. "I was given the information that this particular woman was dangerous and that she had set up a fake rape crisis centre," she said. "I believe it was in Sheffield or on the outskirts of Sheffield and that she was potentially luring young girls through this rape crisis centre." An independent report found 1,400 children had been abused in the town between 1997 and 2013 Panorama has been told that it had involved a fake helpline, which was closed down in 1999. But two years later, Rotherham social workers were worried that Shafina Ali was again targeting vulnerable girls. The social worker said Shafina Ali "was quite aggressive with me" when called to a meeting. "I was quite worried, I was quite frightened of her really," she added. She said front-line staff had done their best, raising concerns about Shafina Ali at strategy meetings with police and senior council officials. "What happened after we'd expressed our concerns in these strategy meetings and given all this information, we had no idea what was happening with that information," she told the programme. Rotherham Council says it cannot comment because of ongoing investigations. It has accepted past failings and apologised to victims. The council is now being run by government-appointed commissioners. Panorama has found Shafina Ali's death certificate, which says she died in 2009, aged 51. Panorama - Stolen Childhoods: The Legacy of Grooming is on BBC One (except Wales) at 20:30 BST on Monday 15 June and available later via BBC iPlayer.

Arrests should have started over a generation ago! The Police, CPS, Social Services, Politicians, Churches should still be condemmed unequivocally for their lack of action for generations when it comes to paedophiles, this is not even a start as far as I am concerned! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-33001256 Five charged after Oxford child sex raids50 minutes ago From the section Oxford More than 100 officers from Thames Valley Police were involved in the early-morning operation Five men have been charged after raids by police investigating child sexual exploitation in Oxford. More than 100 Thames Valley officers executed warrants at eight properties across the city early on Tuesday. Nine men were arrested. Three men from Oxford, aged 36, 34 and 37, have been released on police bail until 8 July, police said. Four of the five charged men are due to appear at Oxford Magistrates Court on Thursday. They are: Qasim Hussain, aged 29, of Hurst Street, Oxford, charged with one count of rape Naim Khan, aged 36, of Herschel Crescent, Oxford, charged with two counts of indecent assault, one count of rape, one count of supplying cocaine, one count of supplying heroin, one count of sexual touching, and one count of making an indecent film of a child Allah Ditta Yousaf, aged 45, of Bodley Road, Oxford, charged with four counts of indecent assault Owais Khan, aged 31, of Belvedere Road, Oxford, charged with one count of indecent assault and five counts of rape Assad Hussain, 34, of no fixed abode, charged with six counts of indecent assault and six counts of rape. His court appearance is yet to be scheduled A further man, aged 44, also from Oxford, has been released on police bail until 15 July.

http://news.sky.com/story/1490903/police-vow-to-provide-justice-over-abuse Police Vow To 'Provide Justice' Over Abuse Staffordshire Police are investigating claims made by Esther Baker, who told Sky News she was raped while officers stood guard. 18:22, UK, Tuesday 26 May 2015 Video: 'Cops Stood Guard As I Was Raped' Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share by email By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent Police say they are "in the early stages" of investigating claims that a woman was sexually abused while she was a young girl, as uniformed police officers stood guard. Waiving her right to anonymity, Esther Baker, 32, spoke exclusively to Sky News about her tormented childhood that saw her sexually abused by men at various locations. She claimed police officers would stand guard for the perpetrators and on some occasions even joined in the abuse in woodland on Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. She said: "I got the feeling very much that they were protecting somebody, that they were with one of the men. "One of them (police officers) I knew from church. There were a few occasions where they would be in uniform and I kind of knew, I learnt that when they were in uniform that it was going to be a rough night. Video: 'Cops Stood Guard As I Was Raped' Responding to the claims, Staffordshire Police Assistant Chief Constable Jon Drake said officers were in the early stages of investigating the case and interviewing Ms Baker. He added: "We are determined to thoroughly gather any evidence which will allow us to bring those who may have been involved to justice, while taking a sensitive approach to supporting the victim throughout. "We will continue to interview her over the coming days, recognising the horrific nature of what we are investigating. "To be clear, anyone, regardless of role, who has been involved in criminal offences will be investigated to provide justice for the victim." He encouraged anyone with information about the allegations - or any other victims of sexual abuse - to contact police on 101 or anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555111. While Ms Baker has chosen to waive her legal right to anonymity, Mr Drake said police would protect the anonymity of anyone who came forward as a victim of child or sexual abuse. From the age of six, Ms Baker was taken to be abused by different men on Cannock Chase, at various properties around Staffordshire and beyond. Other children were often there and sometimes they were given alcohol: "We were all pretty much the same, same ages, we never spoke." She says the sexual abuse was often filmed and involved men of varying ages from different parts of the country. She said: "I was brought up in a religious household and one thing that kept me so sure that what they were doing was right was that there were references to people, Lords and a judge. "I picked up on those names, because I thought one of them must have been God because one of them was 'Our Lord'. Video: Child Abuse Inquiry Will Be Robust "I just thought that they were on God's authority." Decades on, Ms Baker has decided to speak to Sky News in the hope of finding other victims or the police officers who were involved. She said: "I need them to fill in the gaps that I just don't know, I need people that were adults then but they couldn't stop it for whatever reason, it is time for them to stop it now." The other children who were allegedly abused on Cannock Chase may also hold vital information. Ms Baker added: "Every one of us that comes forward will hold a different piece of the puzzle. I can't fill it in on my own." She said: "I always swore I would never go near the police again - never ... but I have hid it for 20 years, that has not worked, that hasn't taken the fear away - I have got nothing to lose anymore." Gabrielle Shaw of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood, said Ms Baker’s story was “absolutely harrowing”. She added: "It's not easy for anyone to come forward and tell their story…but with every survivor who comes forward like Esther Baker, it helps other survivors come forward as well, chips away at the wall of silence." Ms Shaw said she had seen a "real seachange" in the way police worked with victims of sexual abuse, adding: "They're not swept under the carpet". A Home Office spokesperson said: "The Home Secretary set up the independent inquiry, under the chairmanship of Justice Goddard, to examine the extent to which abuse has taken place in state and non-state institutions in England and Wales. "She is confident the inquiry will establish why it was possible for such abuse to take place and challenge individuals and institutions without fear or favour."