Authorities have apologised after primarily Muslim grooming gangs in Newcastle were allowed to target around 700 vulnerable women and girls with “arrogant persistence” because allegations were “not investigated”, a Serious Case Review (SCR) has found.
Northumbria Police have warned that “offensive” comments on the Internet will not be tolerated, tracking down users who made ‘potentially criminal’ posts on social media about South Asian grooming gangs.
The rape and exploitation of white girls by a gang of 17 mostly Pakistani men was not racially motivated, a judge has claimed.
Campaigners and MPs have demanded that the crimes of “Asian” grooming gangs who target white girls be treated as “racially aggravated”.
Newcastle has joined a list of British cities where grooming gangs, made up of predominantly Pakistani Muslim men, systematically rape and abuse vulnerable, white girls.
