“When [a grooming gang victim’s] main perpetrator came out of prison, she didn’t know until she saw him in Asda … These girls are just treated as a tool to get a prosecution.”
Following public outrage over the automatic early release of “unrepentant” Rochdale grooming gang ringleader, Shabir Ahmed, the failures of victim protection systems have been exposed, says investigations editor of the Daily Express, Zak Garner-Purkis.
Zak Garner-Purkis was speaking to Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Sunday, 4–7pm.
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