First batch of grooming gang cases returned to police to reinvestigate
The first cases are being sent back for review as police assess whether closed investigations contain viable lines of enquiry.
- The National Crime Agency-led Operation Beaconport referred the first eight closed grooming gang cases back to police forces on Monday for fresh investigations, marking the initial reopening of files where reviewers identified potential missed lines of inquiry.
- Initial reviews identified apparent human error and investigative failures in cases previously marked as NFA, including missed lines of inquiry, mishandled victim accounts, and suspects not properly pursued or interviewed.
- By November, the NCA received 1,273 investigations from 23 police forces, with reviewers prioritizing 236 files because they included allegations of rape, underscoring the massive scale of potential investigative oversights.
- NCA director general Graeme Biggar called Operation Beaconport "the most comprehensive and complex investigation into child sexual exploitation and abuse in UK history," emphasizing the work continues with determination for victims.
- The review covers cases from January 2010 to March 2025 involving two or more suspects where no further action was taken, strictly limited to living suspects that have not already undergone reassessment.
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Global misogynists leap on Restore’s made up rape gang figure
On 17 June, Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain published its ‘Rape Gang Inquiry Report‘. Many have highlighted problems with this report, with the key issue being a made up figure of 250,000 victims. And as they say, “a lie will fly around the whole world while the truth is getting its boots on”: Deceptive Restore An important thing to note about the report is that it contains interviews and testimonies from real victims. Our criticism of the report …
The mayor of London Sadiq Khan suspected of covering up everything. Women and girls attracted by Muslim men and then abused. Real grooming gangs, bands of luremen who would sexually exploit thousands of young people in England. Even 250,000, strictly white, non-Muslim and some only 11 years old. Young people subjected to violence, prostitution and even forced conversions.Continue reading
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