It found “compelling evidence of widespread organised exploitation of children” in Rochdale from 2004 to 2012 and a failure by the council’s children’s services and Greater Manchester Police to protect them.
In 111 cases looked at the review found “there was a significant probability” that 74 were survivors of child sexual exploitation and in 48 of these cases “there were serious failures” to protect the child by the council and police.
The review also looked at work carried out by Sara Rowbotham, coordinator of the NHS sexual health service in Rochdale and the Crisis Intervention Team, which investigated child sexual exploitation cases and included former police detective Maggie Oliver among its members.
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