Ten men have been charged with child sexual exploitation offences including rape, sexual assault and trafficking. The BBC reports that the offences relate to at least five girls aged between 16 and 18 and are alleged to have been committed in Coventry between May and September 2012.
An MP has called for the director of children’s services in Coventry to stand down in the wake of the convictions of two people for the murder of four-year-old Daniel Pelka. The Daily Mail reports that Coventry DCS Colin Green is already due to leave the post next month but Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson said he should step down immediately. “He [Green] takes with him the indelible stain of Daniel's cruel death, which his department had failed to prevent,” Robinson said.
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