the Times exclusive story ……..Sex grooming scandal inside a seaside town More than sixty schoolgirls in a seaside town were being groomed for sex by a group of men who have been linked with the unsolved disappearance and murder of a 14-year-old, The Times reveals today. The endemic scale and nature of the sexual exploitation uncovered by police in Blackpool was kept secret. The victims were young white girls; their abusers were non-white workers at takeaway food outlets in the Lancashire town. THE POLICE ARE HAPPY TO LET OUR CHILDREN BE ABUSED AND MURDERED AS LONG AS THEY DONT LOOK “RACIST” The revelations provide further disturbing evidence of offending across the North of England and the Midlands. In January, the Home Office ordered an inquiry after The Times exposed a pattern of street sex crimes involving similar groups of men and vulnerable young girls. Most British sex offenders are lone white men, but an examination of court cases involving multiple offenders from 13 towns and cities showed that out of 56 men convicted of offences where girls they met on the street were groomed and sexually exploited, 50 were Muslim, mostly of Pakistani heritage. In 2007, two Middle Eastern business partners from a Blackpool kebab shop stood trial over the disappearance in 2003 of Charlene Downes, 14, whose body has never been found. When she went missing in November that year, detectives discovered that Charlene and many more local girls had been groomed to swap sexual favours for food, alcohol, cigarettes and affection. An unpublished police report records that more than 60 Blackpool girls, aged from 13 to 15, had been groomed or sexually abused by “non-white adult males” connected with “a cluster of town centre takeaway premises (honey-pots)”. It added: “The exploitation . . . included the commercial exchange of money, food, shelter and gifts for the provision of sexual acts. Young people were being groomed and sexually assaulted both inside and outside of premises by a number of takeaway owners and workers.” YET NOBODY WAS CHARGED? WHY? In total, 11 Blackpool takeaway outlets were identified as sexual exploitation “honey-pots”. The owner of one was questioned about an alleged rape after having sex with a girl aged 16 during a job interview. He was not charged with any offence. WHY? It can also be revealed that another missing Blackpool girl, Paige Chivers, 15, who vanished in 2007 and is feared by police to have been killed, was subsequently identified as a victim of sexual exploitation. She was known to spend a lot of time at one Blackpool takeaway whose owner had earlier been questioned by police as a witness during the Downes investigation. Iyad Albattikhi, a Jordanian, was eventually accused of murdering Charlene after allegedly having sex with her. Mohammad Raveshi, originally from Iran, was charged with helping him to dispose of her remains. The prosecution, which had no physical evidence and relied largely on a series of covert recordings, claimed that Charlene’s body was chopped up and put through a mincing machine. Takeaway staff were said in court to have joked that she had “gone into the kebabs”. The trial jury failed to reach a verdict and a scheduled retrial in 2008 collapsed owing to the exposure of serious failings in the management of the Lancashire Constabulary investigation. Each defendant was paid almost £250,000 in compensation. OUR INJURED TROOPS GET NOWHERE NEAR THIS MUCH MONEY Today, Mr Albattikhi, 33, still owns and runs the kebab shop that was at the centre of the murder investigation. Mr Raveshi, 54, continues to hold the licence that allows it to serve hot food until early morning. Last August, almost seven years after Charlene’s disappearance, a police report warned that young girls were being lured to Mr Albattikhi’s premises to be fed alcohol and drugs before engaging in sexual activity. YET STILL HE’S NOT ARRESTED? Lancashire police and Blackpool Council jointly run a project, Awaken, which was set up after Charlene’s disappearance and investigates all forms of child sexual exploitation in the town. Previously compiled prosecution figures showed that in a town whose population is 96 per cent white, 28 per cent of the convicted offenders were non-white. Last night, the police issued new figures showing that 50 of the 54 suspects identified by Awaken during the past six months were white; during the same period in Blackburn, 32 of the 44 identified suspects were white and 11 were Asian. Andy Rhodes, assistant chief constable of Lancashire, said that offenders “come from many different social and ethnic backgrounds” but acknowledged that “in some areas the number of Asian offenders is disproportionate to the population”. He added: “Far from ignoring this, we have been tackling the issue head on by working with the local communities . . . and visiting mosques to raise awareness.” The council said that child protection in Blackpool has improved hugely since Charlene went missing. David Lund, the council’s director of children’s services, said that the discovery of a link between child sexual exploitation and takeaway food premises in the town was used “to educate young Blackpool residents . . . who may be at risk”. One of Lancashire’s senior former detectives said the force has known for years that girls in Blackpool, Blackburn and Burnley were being “passed around like toys for sexual gratification”. Mick Gradwell, a former detective superintendent, said that research was “being inhibited by political correctness and concerns about upsetting community sensitivities”. Karen Downes, Charlene’s mother, said that she had been unaware of “this awful, dark side of Blackpool” before her daughter went missing. “I didn’t know that people existed who were capable of doing what they did to those girls,” she said. “The police seem to have given up on the case but we’ve never given up hope that one day we’ll get justice for Charlene.” Officers investigating the unsolved disappearance of Charlene Downes in Blackpool in 2003 discovered that dozens more 13 to 15 year old girls from the area had fallen victim to grooming or sexual abuse, it was claimed. An unpublished police report identified 11 takeaway shops in the town centre which were being used as “honeypots” where the non-white men preyed on young white victims, who were given food, alcohol and cigarettes in return for sex. The report said: “Young people were being groomed and sexually assaulted both inside and outside of premises by a number of takeaway owners and workers.” Earlier this year a Home Office inquiry was launched amid reports of a similar trend of crime across the north of England and the Midlands involving gangs of mainly Muslim men and young girls. Andy Rhodes, assistant chief constable of Lancashire Police, was quoted as saying that while offenders come from a variety of backgrounds, “in some areas the number of Asian offenders is disproportionate to the population”. 05 Jan 2011 08 Jan 2011 Mick Gradwell, a former detective superintendent with Lancashire Police, told The Times officers had long been aware that girls in Blackpool, Blackburn and Burnley were being “passed around like toys for sexual gratification” but that investigations were being hampered by political correctness. By CHRIS BROOKE Police and social services have been accused of fuelling a culture of silence which has allowed hundreds of young white girls to be exploited by Asian men for sex. Agencies have identified a long-term pattern of offending by gangs of men, predominantly from the British Pakistani community, who have befriended and abused hundreds of vulnerable girls aged 11 to 16. Experts claim the statistics represent a mere fraction of a 'tidal wave' of offending in counties across the Midlands and the north of England which has been going on for more than a decade. On-street grooming: CCTV footage shows Mohammed Romaan Liaqat and Abid Mohammed Saddique, who were jailed last year for a string of sexual offences in Derby, cruising the streets in a BMW A senior officer at West Mercia police has called for an end to the 'damaging taboo' connecting on-street grooming with race. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Edwards said: 'These girls are being passed around and used as meat. 'To stop this type of crime you need to start everyone talking about it but everyone's been too scared to address the ethnicity factor. 'No one wants to stand up and say that Pakistani guys in some parts of the country are recruiting young white girls and passing them around their relatives for sex, but we need to stop being worried about the racial complication.' In a briefing paper, researchers at University College London's Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science concurred that victims were typically white girls while 'most central offenders are Pakistani'. The offenders were not viewed as paedophiles but had picked the girls 'because of their malleability'. The report concluded that 'race is a delicate issue' that should be 'handled sensitively but not brushed under the carpet'. Guilty: Married fathers Mohammed Liaqat (left) and Abid Saddique who were jailed at Leicester Crown Court at the end of last year in one most notorious incidents of grooming young girls The grooming usually begins with older groups of men befriending girls aged from 11 to 16 they meet on the street. In a typical scenario, the victim is initially treated as a girlfriend and showered with presents and attention. But the relationship quickly becomes more sinister as the abuser plies the child with drink and drugs before effectively pimping her out to friends and associates. The worst cases involve young girls being moved around the country to be repeatedly abused. Charities and agencies working in conjunction with the police to help victims of sexual abuse in such cases have publicly denied there is a link between ethnicity and the on-street grooming of young girls by gangs and pimps. Breaking taboos: DCI Alan Edwards said girls were 'being used as meat' But researchers identified 17 court prosecutions since 1997, 14 of them in the past three years, involving the on-street grooming of girls aged 11 to 16 by groups of men. The victims came from 13 towns and cities and in each case two or more men were convicted of offences. In total, 56 people, with an average age of 28, were found guilty of crimes including rape, child abduction, indecent assault and sex with a child. Three of the 56 were white, 53 were Asian. Of those, 50 were Muslim and a majority were members of the British Pakistani community. Those convicted allegedly represent only a small proportion of what one detective called a ‘tidal wave’ of offending in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and the Midlands. The claims come after five Asian men were jailed in November for a total of 32 years for a string of sexual offences against girls aged between 12 and 16 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The presiding judge Peter Kelson QC, told the men they were ‘sexual predators’, adding: ‘You had what you regarded as your fun. Now you will take your punishment. 'All five of you were convicted of sexual activity with a child. The clue is in the title: a child.’ Weeks earlier, nine Asian men were jailed for the 'sustained sexual abuse' of a privately-educated schoolgirl who was forced into sex slavery aged 14 after being picked up by a gang in Rochdale, greater Manchester. Mohammed Shafiq, director of the Lancashire-based Ramadhan Foundation, a charity working for peaceful harmony between different communities, said last year: ‘I think the police are overcautious because they are afraid of being branded racist. 'These men are criminals and should be treated as criminals — whatever their race.’ Former Labour MP Ann Cryer provoked a fierce in 2003 when she said the traditional culture of arranged marriages could have caused a criminal minority of Asian men to target vulnerable young white girls for sex. The cases of on-street grooming in the UK have borne comparison with incidents in the Netherlands involving young white girl being groomed for prostitution by Moroccan pimps, known as 'loverboys'. A tri-nation study in Utrecht in 2005 and 2006 involving Barnardo's saw a Dutch women's group attack the 'double moral standards' of offenders who 'guard the chastity of their sisters, but... use other girls for their loverboy practices'. A project in Blackburn has been established to confront the issue while a report by the Derby safeguarding children board in the wake of the arrests last year said there should be greater consideration of 'whether the ethnic background and culture of the perpetrators had any bearing on their decision to take part in this activity'. THE ASIAN SEX GANGS WHO PREYED ON VULNERABLE YOUNG GIRLS NOVEMBER 1997: LEEDS TAXI DRIVERS Mohammed Naim Rashid, 21, was jailed for seven years and Abid Hussain Sadique, 21, for four by Leeds Crown Court in November 1997. There were 20 victims, some as young as 12, who had been groomed for sex by a ring of private-hire drivers. They were abused in a room above the taxi office. APRIL 2006: GANG RAPE IN BLACKPOOL In a case sparked by the disappearance of Charlene Downes, 14, two illegal immigrants were jailed for the rape of another girl, 16. Puppy Parmar, 31, was sentenced to seven years and three months while Sandeep Chauhan got six years and five months. Preston Crown Court heard how the girl and a friend were given alcohol at an Indian restaurant before being taken to an attic and assaulted. One victim was abused by four men. Police have never found any trace of Charlene and two men were acquitted of her murder after a jury failed to reach verdicts. Victim: Twenty seven young girls, included the interviewee pictured, were abused by the Derby rape gang headed by Mohammed Liaqat and Abid Saddique AUGUST 2007: BLACKBURN VICTIMS PASSED ROUND ABUSERS' FAMILIES A police inquiry into grooming of girls as young as 12 eventually led to the conviction of Zulfqar Hussain, 46, and Qaiser Naveed, 32. They targeted two 14-year-olds in the care of social services, plying them with drink an drugs before having sex with them in a BMW and a flat. The victims were also offered to brothers, uncles and friends for sex. Both were jailed for five years and eight months on charges including abduction, sexual activity with a child and supplying drugs. OCTOBER 2007 AND JANUARY 2008: 33 VICTIMS AGED 12 TO 15 IN SHEFFIELD The city's crown court heard how an inquiry was sparked when a number of girls went missing from home. One 14-year-old was taken for a car ride before being raped. Failed Iraqi asylum seeker Ayad Mahmood, 35, and Aziz Sabir Hamed, 24, were both given a ten-year sentence. FEBRUARY 2010: ROCHDALE VICTIM, 16, RAPED BY THREE MEN WHILE FOURTH TOOK PICTURES Ajmal Afridi, 19, Imitiaz Syed, 20, Tayub Hussain, 19, Mustafa Arshad, 17, and Mohammed Usman Raja, 20, were all jailed for their part in the assault. The girl was given whisky and possibly sleeping tablets before being raped by Afridi, Syed and Hussain while Arshad took pictures. She was later found wandering the streets. Raja was jailed for perverting the course of justice. NOVEMBER 2010: THE DERBY CASE In one of the most notorious incidents of street grooming to date, nine men were convicted of abusing young girls. Abid Siddique, 27, Mohammed Liaqat, 28, Mohamed Imran Rehman, 26, Faisal Mehmood, 24, Akshay Kumar, 38, Naweed Liaqat, 33, Farooq Ahmed, 29, Graham Blackham, 26 and Ziafat Yasin, 31, were jailed for their parts in the shocking case. More than 100 police officers were involved in Operation Retriever, which identified 27 victims, 22 of whom were white. Siddique and Liaqat targeted their victims on the streets of Derby while driving in a BMW. They then exchanged number, invited them to parties and fed them drugs and alcohol before handing them to older men for sex. The abuse, which took place in bushes, cars and houses was filmed for ther men to share.The times Exclusive ….sex scandal in a seaside town , note how charlene downes murderers were given 250k in compensation
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