Senior Officers 'still Target Other Crimes Above Child Grooming'

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it probably has to do with the fact that there mostly muslim. the government knows if they say anything theres going to be hugh backlash from the muslims

And the oil money and arms sales to the Kingdoms in the Gulf.

Huge business at stake here.

I mean compared to this what are the lives of a few lower class white girls worth in the grand scheme of things, I can read these upper class Brits minds like a book.

I am confident in writing that the attitude of the Police towards low class white council estate victim girls comes from the English upper classes and the Police lack of response is a result of this attitude, it runs right through English or British society to this day.

Does that make sense?

[Jeevan]

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???

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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

• National 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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.’

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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.’

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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?

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Keith Vaz helped kill a 90s probe into the Greville Janner claims: why is he silent now?

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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

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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.

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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.

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How many will escape to Pakistan from that list or have already gone ? How many will actually be arrested ? From. 300 probably not even 10...

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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

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Published: 13:31, 25 June 2015 | Updated: 15:57, 25 June 2015

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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.

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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

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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

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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.'

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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.'

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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.”

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Janner (centre) made secret visits to Parliament despite medics claiming he was too ill to be questioned by police

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‘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.’

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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.’

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A little more on this article, not that I know much about what goes on in Leicester but things seem to be moving forward nationally on this subject:

Lord Janner will be prosecuted over claims of historical child sexual abuse after a review overturned a decision by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Prosecutors announced in April that the 86-year-old peer would not be charged because of his severe form of dementia.

An independent QC has now recommended that the decision should be overruled.

Lord Janner, who was MP for Leicester West for 27 years, denies any wrongdoing and his family says he "is entirely innocent".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33310095

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Well it's all certainly taken its toll on this fella, God I would hate to think what the effect of investigating all this abuse must have on some of our Police officers:

"The Labour MP who helped expose the late Liberal MP Cyril Smith as a paedophile is to step back from campaigning against child sexual abuse to seek help for depression.

Simon Danczuk, who has been the MP for Rochdale since 2010, said victims’ accounts of their experiences of sexual abuse had left him unable to sleep and experiencing flashbacks.

The MP said a psychiatrist had advised him to step back from campaigning. “On one level it’s regrettable, because I know how important it is, but on another level I need to look after myself.” Danczuk said it upset him to think that victims might feel he’s let them down, but “what else can I do?”, he added."

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jul/06/simon-danczuk-steps-back-campaigning-against-child-abuse

[Jeevan]

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'

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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