Huddersfield grooming gang
The Huddersfield grooming gang was a group of men who were convicted of sexual offences against girls in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They were all British Asian, and mostly from Pakistan. It is the largest gang ever convicted for sexual abuse in the United Kingdom. The offences took place between 2004 and 2011. The trials began in April 2017 and twenty men were convicted in 2018 in three separate trials.[1] Child grooming is a term that is used for people beecoming friends with children, usually to sexually abuse them later on.
Fifteen of the of the 22 females involved were known to children's services.. Although there was "sufficient evidence" that two girls were being sexually exploited, one as early as 2007, no action was taken by the Kirklees Children's Services.[2]
Twenty-seven men were accused of sexual offences including rape and trafficking against eighteen girls aged between 11 and 17; two women were accused of child neglect.[3] There were three separate trials.
Twenty men were convicted in October 2018 of 120 offenses of rape and abuse against fifteen girls. They were sentenced to a total of 221 years.[4]
References
change- ↑ "Huddersfield grooming: Twenty guilty of campaign of rape and abuse". BBC. 19 October 2018.
- ↑ "Chances 'lost' to break Huddersfield child abuse sex ring". BBC. 10 June 2019.
- ↑ "Huddersfield child sex inquiry sees 29 in court". BBC. 12 April 2017.
- ↑ Davidson, Tom (19 October 2018). "Huddersfield grooming gang whose court cases were protested by Tommy Robinson jailed for total 221 years". Mirrors.