1,000 children groomed but unease about race meant Telford sexual exploitation ignored, inquiry finds

Over 1,000 children in English town were sexually exploited, inquiry finds

More than a thousand children in Telford, England were sexually exploited since 1989 because of the police and local government's failure to investigate the offenders, an independent inquiry concluded on Tuesday. The inquiry was launched after a 2018 Sunday Mirror investigation found sexual exploitation reports dating back to the 1980s.…

Over 1,000 children in English town were sexually exploited, inquiry finds

More than a thousand children in Telford, England were sexually exploited since 1989 because of the police and local government's failure to investigate the offenders, an independent inquiry concluded on Tuesday.

Over 1,000 children in English town were sexually exploited, inquiry finds

LONDON (Reuters) - More than a thousand children in Telford, England were sexually exploited since 1989 because of the police and local government's failure to investigate the offenders, an independent inquiry concluded on Tuesday. Read full story

Over 1,000 children in English town were sexually exploited, inquiry finds

More than a thousand children in Telford, England were sexually exploited since 1989 because of the police and local government's failure to investigate the offenders, an independent inquiry concluded on Tuesday.

Child sexual exploitation thrived in Telford unchecked for decades – inquiry

Failures to investigate offenders and protect children came amid fears probes into Asian men would ‘inflame racial tensions’, according to…

Telford: 1,000 children sexually abused after police failed to probe due to racism fears

More than a thousand children were sexually exploited over at least 30 years in Telford amid "shocking" police and council failings which were partly due to a desire not to "inflame racial tensions" by investigating Asian men, an inquiry has concluded.