Rotherham Abuse Trial

The number of investigations into the police response to allegations of child abuse and Muslim grooming gangs in Rotherham has increased to nearly 100, the police watchdog has revealed.

Ten men are on trial accused of raping, abducting, and supplying drugs to eight teenage girls in the town of Rotherham.

A gang of twelve mostly-Muslim men from the Rotherham area have appeared in court to face 45 sexual abuse offences against eight girls under the age of 16.

Britain must confront the “profoundly racist” reality of Muslim grooming and rape gangs after the Newcastle case, a former head of the Crown Prosecution Service and Liberal Democrat Lord has said.

Five mostly Muslim men from Rotherham, including three brothers, have been found guilty of subjecting two young girls to two years of violent sexual abuse, including rape and false imprisonment.

Five men from Rotherham, alleged part of “Asian grooming gangs”, are facing 23 charges of sexually abusing two girls, aged 12 and 13, over a two-year period.

Police have denied “cultural niceties or political correctness were a barrier” after a damning report found dozens of opportunities were missed to protect a schoolgirl repeatedly gang raped by a Muslim gang.

LONDON (Reuters) – Eight men were found guilty on Monday of waging what prosecutors called an “utterly abhorrent” campaign of sexual violence and intimidation against young girls in the Rotherham area of northern England 13 years ago. The defendants faced

Whilst acknowledging that ‘hate crimes’ fell in the town last year, Rotherham Police have promised to increase patrols as they are concerned about potential “Islamophobic attacks” after three Muslim men were convicted of grooming underage girls this week. During the trial of the

The police watchdog is examining almost 200 Rotherham officers after corrupt individuals, one related to the convicted groomers, allegedly conspired to protect the Muslim child sex gang. One officer and local politician, who is a family relative of the brothers convicted yesterday, is

Three men and two woman have been found guilty of multiple sexual offences against girls in the town of Rotherham, with another man having already pleaded guilty. Another two were cleared of all charges. The violent drug-dealing gang led by brothers

After two months of hearing the evidence, the jury in the Rotherham abuse trial at Sheffield Crown Court is now considering its verdicts for those accused of participating in an alleged Rotherham child grooming ring. Since December the jury has heard allegations of

A boss of a children’s charity has told the Rotherham abuse trial there is “no truth whatsoever” in the allegation that she provided vulnerable girls to Asian men for sex. Karen MacGregor, 58, faces three charges in relation to child sexual exploitation crimes in

Sheffield Crown Court has heard that one of the Rotherham abuse trial defendants was a police cadet at the time of his alleged child sexual exploitation offences. The jury at the Rotherham abuse trial was told that in the 1990s

The jury hearing the Rotherham abuse trial has heard that a diary detailing the crimes, which was given to South Yorkshire Police by one of the complainants, was reportedly lost. The sister of an alleged victim, known in court as Girl

The jury at the Rotherham abuse trial has heard that having confronted him about his relationship with his daughter, the father of a 14-year-old girl ended up in a fight with the central defendant. Sheffield Crown Court heard how the

The jury at the Rotherham abuse trial has been told a police officer warned a victim of an alleged serial child abuser that fellow officers who witnessed what had happened would not give evidence for fear of landing themselves “in the

A jury at Sheffield Crown Court hearing evidence during the Rotherham abuse trial has been told staff at Rotherham Council threatened to take away the children of one of the 12 alleged victims for speaking out about child sexual exploitation. The alleged

Hearing evidence during the Rotherham abuse trial, a jury at Sheffield Crown Court has been told that a policeman and a councillor played their part in a deal for one of the grooming gang defendants to hand over a missing teenage girl in

As the Rotherham abuse trial continues, Sheffield Crown Court has heard evidence that a corrupt policeman received payment to prevent the arrest of a violent member of a child grooming gang. One of the 12 alleged victims of the grooming gang — known as

Further allegations as to what happened to teenage girls at the hands of grooming gangs have come to light in the Rotherham abuse trial currently being heard at Sheffield Crown Court, including accusations of torture. Giving video evidence to the Rotherham abuse

The desperate situation in which alleged victims of a Rotherham grooming gang found themselves continues to shock as the abuse trial at Sheffield Crown Court progresses. Although some early effort was made by victims to bring matters to light, it

The Rotherham abuse trial currently being heard at Sheffield Crown Court continues with more terrible allegations coming to light regarding the sexual abuse of young girls at the hands of Muslim grooming gangs. The latest day of evidence at the

As the Rotherham abuse trial proceeds, further harrowing evidence of the alleged victims’ experiences comes to light. One such witness said she had a baby after being raped by two of the defendants, following which threats were made to take the child to

A witness in the ongoing Rotherham sex-grooming trial told a jury yesterday that she decided to reveal her childhood abuse at the hands of Muslim men so that authorities could no longer sweep such crimes “under the carpet”. The woman