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Saturday, March 2, 2019
Today, nine men have been jailed due to grooming, sexual abuse and rape of two teenage girls at a children’s home in England. A tenth decedent was found not-guilty.
The nine men were prosecuted for 22 different crimes. These include rape and inciting child prostitution.
Judge Durham Hall QC said that they ‘appear not to have shown any respect for the minimum standards of decent behaviour’. Kama Melly QC said that they were ‘ripe and vulnerable to manipulation’ and had been used ‘to satisfy their sexual desires’.
One of the victims decided to allow her name to be made public. She says she did this to show ‘there is nothing to be ashamed of’. One of the victims said that the men thought they were ‘nothing but a toy to play with’.
In a statement, Bradford Council said that, ‘the Safeguarding Board will look closely at this case to see if there are any lessons we can learn that could help us keep young people safer’.
In the United Kingdom, the crime of grooming is defined as any communication with a child under 16 for the purposes of abusing that child. It is listed under the Sexual Offenses Act of 2003.