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12:30am Wednesday 15th June 2011 in News
By David Watkinson, Deputy news editor
A MUM whose 13-year-old daughter was plied with drugs and alcohol by a gang of Asian men who groomed her for sex has spoken of her ‘nightmare’ ordeal.
The woman, a mum-of-seven, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she feared her daughter would be lured into drug addiction, prostitution and finally killed before the authorities intervened.
She said her daughter was targeted when she came to live with her in East Lancashire after the relationship with her father broke down.
“She was isolated. Her older siblings had friends but they were 18 and 19. She sort of latched onto them really.”
But soon the worried mum became concerned that her daughter was spending too much time with her so-called new “friends.”
“She was always texting the friends of her older brother, she was meeting with them and started staying out at night and if I tried to ground her she would go ballistic.
“I used to wait until she had gone out then call the police. When she came home she had no explanation of where she’d been or who she’d been with. She was a stranger to me.”
The abuse came to light when some graffiti of a sexual nature was found scrawled on the girl’s bedroom wall. It had been written by a man who had visited the house in the middle of the night.
It later emerged the girl had been receiving texts from several much older men who would take her out in their cars and give her alcohol. Everything came to a head when she was given cocaine and taken to a hotel.
She said: “I gave my permission for the police to intervene and seize her mobile phone. I didn’t know what was going on at the time.
“I felt helpless and angry. I tried to confront the perpetrators but they just laughed at me. They found it highly amusing.”
The girl and her family were helped by Operation Freedom, a multi-agency task force set up to protect girls and boys from child sexual exploitation.
Months on the girl has returned to school and is looking to the future.
“She is a totally different person now. I’m really proud of her. I would urge any parents who are worried about their children being exploited to talk to them. Just make sure. If you are wrong fantastic.”
She was speaking at a conference designed to tackle child sexual exploitation, organised by Lancashire police.
Comments(26)
Ronnietate
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2:24am Wed 15 Jun 11
Community leader is not a legitimate term
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2:38am Wed 15 Jun 11
burner
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8:04am Wed 15 Jun 11
Ronnietate wrote:Agree with opening remark ! There's other EXACTLY similar stories in the national press this week. Stop this " ooh, I can't criticise THAT section of the community because I'll be called a bigot ". Facts are FACTS ! Glad to see the LT reported the important fact.
Im pleased to see that finaly we can say in the press that in this case it was an Asian gang. For too long, many people new of such gangs, but because some of them were Asian, the police did not want to get involved for fear of being called racist. If it was the case that the guilty were Asian, then there is nothing racist about saying so. Anyway, I think the sentance for such a crime that's stated in the Koran is death.
Lifeinthemix
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8:17am Wed 15 Jun 11
ibby128
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9:18am Wed 15 Jun 11
Lifeinthemix
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9:32am Wed 15 Jun 11
ibby128 wrote:castration unless agreed by the deviant would bring the same problem as hanging, once carried out there is no going back and we hanged lots of innocent people.
How long must it be before the law actually does something serious about these vile scum???
It's no good the government and co complaining about these bastards when the sentences their judges hand out are so pathetic. Hows that ever going to get rid of the problem.
Castration is the answer. It kills two birds with one stone.
Think about it, they would never be able to do anything like that again and it would be a very effective deterrent.
Lifeinthemix
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9:35am Wed 15 Jun 11
past it
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9:40am Wed 15 Jun 11
Community leader is not a legitimate term wrote:Spot on, these type of comments have in the past been removed by the LT, as part of a cover up by the press, just for peope saying the truth, now it is out in the open. Want to say a lot more on the LTs stance on this and other race issues but post will then be deleated.
I felt helpless and angry. I tried to confront the perpetrators but they just laughed at me. They found it highly amusing.” This is indicative of the type of people the police and authorities are dealing with although years too late. Jack “spineless “Straw buried this problem for 15 years. 100’s, if not 1000’s of unnecessary extra victims have been created by Jack Straw and Labours’ Political correctness. Political correctness has destroyed lives and European Human Rights legislation has **** on the remains. Lives have been destroyed, lives have been taken. It doesn’t end when the victims are rescued; they carry their nightmare with them.
Lifeinthemix
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9:47am Wed 15 Jun 11
MerlinTheVoiceofReason2
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10:04am Wed 15 Jun 11
MerlinTheVoiceofReason2
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10:08am Wed 15 Jun 11
Lifeinthemix
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10:09am Wed 15 Jun 11
Community leader is not a legitimate term
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10:25am Wed 15 Jun 11
past it wrote:The Telegraph was patting itself on the back a month ago. They were saying how they have led the way in highlighting this issue with the teams dealing with it.
Community leader is not a legitimate term wrote:Spot on, these type of comments have in the past been removed by the LT, as part of a cover up by the press, just for peope saying the truth, now it is out in the open. Want to say a lot more on the LTs stance on this and other race issues but post will then be deleated.
I felt helpless and angry. I tried to confront the perpetrators but they just laughed at me. They found it highly amusing.” This is indicative of the type of people the police and authorities are dealing with although years too late. Jack “spineless “Straw buried this problem for 15 years. 100’s, if not 1000’s of unnecessary extra victims have been created by Jack Straw and Labours’ Political correctness. Political correctness has destroyed lives and European Human Rights legislation has **** on the remains. Lives have been destroyed, lives have been taken. It doesn’t end when the victims are rescued; they carry their nightmare with them.
Community leader is not a legitimate term
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10:35am Wed 15 Jun 11
ibby128 wrote:And it would only cost 2 Nori bricks to do it.
How long must it be before the law actually does something serious about these vile scum???
It's no good the government and co complaining about these bastards when the sentences their judges hand out are so pathetic. Hows that ever going to get rid of the problem.
Castration is the answer. It kills two birds with one stone.
Think about it, they would never be able to do anything like that again and it would be a very effective deterrent.
jack daniels
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11:08am Wed 15 Jun 11
Lifeinthemix wrote:but she did! She contacted the police when she had enough evidence to believe there was something really wrong. You know what it's like with teenage girls, a law unto themselves. Until you know 100% that it happening, the cops will do nothing.
so why did the mother not stop it?
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if the police know who they are then what is the problem and why are they still on the streets?
jack daniels
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11:12am Wed 15 Jun 11
ibby128
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11:13am Wed 15 Jun 11
Lifeinthemix wrote:You raise some valid points there LITM. But unlike hanging someone for a crime such as murder as we did back in the day, where they could be proved innocent after, this is quite different.
ibby128 wrote:castration unless agreed by the deviant would bring the same problem as hanging, once carried out there is no going back and we hanged lots of innocent people.
How long must it be before the law actually does something serious about these vile scum???
It's no good the government and co complaining about these bastards when the sentences their judges hand out are so pathetic. Hows that ever going to get rid of the problem.
Castration is the answer. It kills two birds with one stone.
Think about it, they would never be able to do anything like that again and it would be a very effective deterrent.
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the gangster culture is the problem when it comes to drugs alchohol and group sex, and of course not forgetting the 60's generation who plied with LSD brought this behaviour into the mix. whether we like it or not we have a generation of damaged minds who see women as whores and themselves as m&m and 50p, aka low life wankers.
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in their abuse by society and the schools and indifferent parents, lots of children just ain't what they used to be, so if we are looking for blame look in the mirror as apathy is the major factor from those who claim a morality but only after eastenders and then only a fleeting thought....
Lifeinthemix
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11:15am Wed 15 Jun 11
jack daniels wrote:I hear you...but age 13...common, no 13 year old of mine gets or got to be outside my reach at any time. I am not blaming the mother either, without the father in the loop this is the status quo for many families.
Lifeinthemix wrote:but she did! She contacted the police when she had enough evidence to believe there was something really wrong. You know what it's like with teenage girls, a law unto themselves. Until you know 100% that it happening, the cops will do nothing.
so why did the mother not stop it?
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if the police know who they are then what is the problem and why are they still on the streets?
jack daniels
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11:19am Wed 15 Jun 11
Lifeinthemix
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11:27am Wed 15 Jun 11
jack daniels
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12:09pm Wed 15 Jun 11
Lifeinthemix wrote:I hear what your saying mixy, but not everybody has your standards. A break down in family can cause this but I'm not wishing blame others for their actions either.
jack daniels wrote:I hear you...but age 13...common, no 13 year old of mine gets or got to be outside my reach at any time. I am not blaming the mother either, without the father in the loop this is the status quo for many families.
Lifeinthemix wrote:but she did! She contacted the police when she had enough evidence to believe there was something really wrong. You know what it's like with teenage girls, a law unto themselves. Until you know 100% that it happening, the cops will do nothing.
so why did the mother not stop it?
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if the police know who they are then what is the problem and why are they still on the streets?
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its the result of our excitement in demolishing anything and everything that comes with the label religion, which is not surprising given we here in blighty have suffered the evangelical Christian ethos instead of the old school ethos...
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throwing the baby out with the bathwater is correct here.
Lifeinthemix
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12:42pm Wed 15 Jun 11
George Khan
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1:07pm Wed 15 Jun 11
Lifeinthemix
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12:00pm Thu 16 Jun 11
Troy McCLur
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12:04pm Thu 16 Jun 11
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moggy669 says...
1:52am Wed 15 Jun 11
The only way to keep these vile excuses for human beings from taking advantage of young girls is to dish out some serious sentencing, i wont hold my breath...
Well done to the police and teams trying to stamp it out, its just a pity the judges dont share their enthusiasm.