A 17-year-old boy has been arrested by police in Oldham investigating the sickening filmed assault of a teenager and a string of 'retaliation' incidents after the footage was shared on social media, it was revealed tonight.
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by BETH ABBIT - Mon June 20, 2022
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It’s yet another example of authorities letting vulnerable children down when they needed them most.
A damning review into allegations of historic child sexual exploitation in Oldham covers the years 2011 and 2014 and a specific case dating back to 2005. It has found that:
Authors of the independent review found serious failings in the handling of some cases in the borough - particularly that of a young woman known as ‘Sophie’, as local democracy reporter Charlotte Green writes.
Sophie was 12 when she reported a sexual assault to staff at Oldham police station in 2006, but she was turned away. Later that night she was raped multiple times by different men.
This is not the first time Greater Manchester authorities have been criticised for their handling of child sexual abuse. The Rochdale grooming scandal shocked the nation. And just a few years later, it was revealed that authorities had failed to protect children who suffered ‘the most profound abuse’ in Manchester. This included Victoria Agoglia, 15, who was abused while in the care of Manchester Council and died after being injected with a lethal dose of heroin.
The latest report highlighting Sophie's case shows she was not just ignored as a child. She spent years trying to highlight her abuse.
GMP were told the names of two of her attackers but failed to charge either of them with a crime. One was arrested, remanded and bailed - later failing to attend an immigration appointment. He is
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested by police in Oldham investigating the sickening filmed assault of a teenager and a string of 'retaliation' incidents after the footage was shared on social media, it was revealed tonight.
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