Social workers in Bradford turned a blind eye when a 15-year-old grooming victim took part in an Islamic marriage to one of her abusers.

[Kau89r8]

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Social worker 'attended wedding of terrified girl, 15, to her abuser': Carers turned a blind eye when teenage grooming victim was forced into Islamic marriage, damning report reveals

• Independent review on child sexual exploitation was published on Tuesday
• The review was commissioned in the wake of the sentencing of nine men in 2019
• It found social workers in Bradford had turned a blind eye to grooming victim 

By JAMES TOZER FOR DAILY MAIL

PUBLISHED: 19:47, 27 July 2021 | UPDATED: 01:39, 28 July 2021

 

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Social workers in Bradford turned a blind eye when a 15-year-old grooming victim took part in an Islamic marriage to one of her abusers, a damning report revealed yesterday.

Despite the teenager not coming from a Muslim background, professionals meant to protect her then allowed the parents of her 'husband' to foster her after she became pregnant, it revealed.

One of her social workers allegedly even attended the wedding ceremony.

The terrified girl – referred to as 'Anna' – was left in a state of 'domestic slavery', too scared to leave the controlling relationship for fear she would be the victim of an honour killing, she told the report's authors.

Details emerged yesterday in an independent report into the treatment of five abuse victims in the West Yorkshire city over the past two decades, which found that 'children suffered abuse no child should have to experience'. 

Alarmingly, it concluded that some youngsters in Bradford 'remain unprotected' from sex exploitation.

 

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Social workers in Bradford turned a blind eye when a 15-year-old grooming victim took part in an Islamic marriage to one of her abusers, the damning report revealed yesterday (stock image)

The report – described by the body which commissioned it as making 'difficult and, at times, distressing reading' – began two years ago after nine men of Pakistani heritage were jailed for more than 57 years over the sexual exploitation of girls who had been in Bradford Council's care.

Anna was placed in residential care as a teenager in 2002 but went missing more than 70 times, according to the report. She disclosed details of sexual abuse – including rapes – to a confidential support service for girls involved in prostitution, but nothing was passed on to police or social workers.

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The following year, aged 15, she told the project worker she had converted to Islam and married her older Asian 'boyfriend' in a Sharia law ceremony.

The report said it appeared there had been 'collusion' with this by her social worker 'who allegedly attended the ceremony and assessed that her marriage was likely to reduce the risks incurred when Anna was missing'.

Staggeringly, despite becoming pregnant, after a review Anna was formally placed with her abuser's parents as a foster child, with the family even paid a fostering allowance.

 

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The report began two years ago after nine men were jailed for more than 57 years over the sexual exploitation of girls who had been in Bradford Council's care. Pictured: Basharat Khaliq, Saeed Akhtar, Naveed Akhtar, Parvaze Ahmed, Zeeshan Ali, Fahim Iqbal, Izar Hussain, Mohammed Usman and Kieran Harris who were all jailed at Bradford Crown Court in 2019

Anna told the report's author: 'At 14 years old I was engaged to be married, taking on the role of an Islamic wife fulfilling the needs of my husband and the extended family somewhat like a maid.

'We had no similarities in race, religion or culture and I continued to be subject to domestic violence and was subject to a coercive, controlling sexual relationship with a known perpetrator. I was frightened to leave, in fear of an honour-based killing.'

The report concluded: 'It is hard to understand how this decision can have been made and it resulted in Anna being entirely reliant on her abuser and his family.'

Instead of protecting her from harm, the placement left her 'at greater risk and made her entirely dependent on them', it added.

While there, she was subjected to 'domestic slavery' and 'sexually abused and exploited by dozens of adult males', it went on.

The Bradford Partnership – which includes Bradford Council children's services and Bradford Police – has since apologised to young abuse victims who had been failed.

It said a large number of defendants have been found guilty and given substantial prison sentences. The joint statement said: 'We believe that practice across all agencies is improving... but there is much more to do.'  

[dallysingh101]

Here's me reflecting over decades, recalling all the idiots from our own community who used to say this type of stuff didn't happen, or was exaggerated. 

All the 'sianay' who called people highlighting this stuff, 'trouble makers'. 

All the daft thirsty apneean who thought Sikh blokes telling them about these people were lying. 

 

I guess some progress has been made. 

[Premi5]

who was the social worker ?

[justasking]

inbreds at it again y dont uk guys just smash there head in no sul has tatey to do this in canada y is so diff in uk 

[jkvlondon]

On 8/1/2021 at 9:13 AM, Premi5 said:

who was the social worker ?

some gori scumbag who didn't want to do her job but get rid of her problem case child by witnessing an illegal marriage , minimum age is 16 WITH parental consent. So she got around it by making the girl a ward of the muslim abuser's family who would of course being foster parents be entitled to give permission in loco parentis. That highlights the extreme need to protect our kids going into the system by having more sikh foster families, otherwise next criteria used is punjabi ...

[dallysingh101]

12 hours ago, justasking said:

inbreds at it again y dont uk guys just smash there head in no sul has tatey to do this in canada y is so diff in uk 

There appears to be a culture of protecting sexual predators going all the way to the top here. Plenty of Sikh guys have battled this. They've been given disproportionate prison sentences, been put on gang and extremist lists. Police, media, government itself  and social services seem to be complicit. Even indigenous working class white girls were abused on industrial scales here........

Be careful in Canada, it might be like you describe now, but these pedos will slowly work their way in after identifying the vulnerable/susceptible in the community.  Don't think it can't happen there. They rely on complacency. You have to be eagle eyed and sharp. These guys are usually deranged sociopaths too, so they'll stoop to whatever low level they require. 

Another problem we had here for decades (and still do to) is politically correct and sycophantic people within our own community playing it down and attacking people who were combatting it.

That all being said, awareness and organisation within the UK panth about this, is better than ever. We've disrupted it. But everyone here should be extra vigilant now.  Lockdown helped keep predators at bay for a while, but now things are opening up again, expect them to be up to their old tricks. Because of the political situation here, they are less likely to target gorian now, and focus on other communities, like ours.   

[GurjantGnostic]

Worried about cctv? Walk into the woods and walk back wearing something different, then walk back to your santitized cache, then go home. 

[Kau89r8]

13 hours ago, justasking said:

inbreds at it again y dont uk guys just smash there head in no sul has tatey to do this in canada y is so diff in uk 

Is it true though in Canada. Heard there are cases where they'd been after Sikhs and inner fighting..but not as bad as UK. Canada Punabi culture is something else.  Either conservative Sikhi or Liberalism. 

[Kau89r8]

@dallysingh101

Shouldn't put our hands under the sand. Underage is wrong, but i know some make their own choice then regret later. Others out of their free will. Punjabi culture for you. There is choice and choosing the right path our community doesn't make those right choices. Starts from upbringing imo

[GurjantGnostic]

1 hour ago, Kau89r8 said:

@dallysingh101

Shouldn't put our hands under the sand. Underage is wrong, but i know some make their own choice then regret later. Others out of their free will. Punjabi culture for you. There is choice and choosing the right path our community doesn't make those right choices. Starts from upbringing imo

The point of there being underage is by law they can not consent.