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Rotherham abuse lawyer: More evidence will link perpetrators to police

Complaints have been made about the late Pc Hassan Ali alleging he was unwilling to pursue claims of exploitation

A child abuse lawyer has revealed more damning evidence could emerge in the Rotherham scandal that shows a link between police and perpetrators.

David Greenwood, of Switalskis Solicitors, represents 38 of the 1,400 children found to have been sexually exploited in the South Yorkshire town.

He revealed that two of them asked him to make official complaints about Pc Hassan Ali - who died in hospital this week following a collision with a car - alleging he was unwilling to pursue their claims of exploitation.

Mr Greenwood said the officer's death would not be the end of the matter, and the wider scandal "is not going away".

He said: "I'm pretty certain it will be bigger than it is even now.

"I think that evidence will emerge of links between perpetrators and police. It may be there was, as I have said, an unofficial policy of not pursuing these complaints.

"Pc Ali is a small part of the picture. There is a bigger picture of some organisation going on there. I haven't put my finger on it yet, I don't know what motivated it, there was something odd going on."

According to reports, Pc Ali was in regular contact with a convicted offender who would call him from a public phone box.

Mr Greenwood said: "These are the types of allegations that we want to be investigated. We won't let his death stand in the way of that.

"I am sorry for his family and friends. Despite that, there is a truth that needs to be uncovered regarding how it was that 1,400 girls came to be exposed to this life-changing harm."

David Crompton, Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, said: "Pc Ali was a well-liked officer whose colleagues are devastated by what has happened."

The National Crime Agency is leading the investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.

Earlier this month, a police officer and two councillors in the town were accused of having sex with underage girls.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... olice.html

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Complaints against taxi drivers “inadequately investigated”



MORE than four out of five complaints against taxi drivers are inadequately investigated, the Casey Report found.

Efficient steps are not taken in the first place to ensure licence-holders are fit and proper meaning the public cannot be assured.

The report said: “The well-publicised link between taxis and CSE in Rotherham continues to cast a long shadow over the vast majority of law abiding drivers.

“So it is not only to protect potential victims from unscrupulous drivers that RMBC needs to get their house in order and regulate taxis effectively, but also for the drivers who are damned by association.”

There have been 1,100 complaints about drivers in the past five years. Thirty-three licences were suspended and 26 revoked.

The council operates a home-to-school transport scheme which allows potentially vulnerable children to travel in taxis, often unaccompanied.

A boy with learning difficulties complained about a driver mocking his disability, swearing, urinating in front of him and driving dangerously.

The 21-year-old cabbie had his contract terminated. Rotherham’s licensing board decided he was not fit to drive but only suspended him for three months, allowing him to continue as a private hire afterwards.

The Casey report expresses surprise that the case study was actually offered to the inspection team as an example of improvement in licensing practice.

The document also said: “Licensing officers reported to inspectors that they had received phone calls from members over perceived delays in the processing of individual applications. Officers would be urged to stop wasting time.”

source: http://rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/

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Sick, can you stoop any lower?

You know what I find quite disturbing is that with Rotherham still fresh in the mind is the lack of communication coming from our LA. I say this because there have been two drivers with suspended licenses here and when I asked them why I hadn't been informed they said they rely on the driver being honest and telling me. Rather strange that they don't think they're 'fit and proper' but they think they're honest

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

doubtless all councils will be sh*tting themselves and licensing officials will be busy covering they're backsides

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I know one close to home that are rather concerned as they operate a similar clearance/checking system to the one used by Rotherham.

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IDFIMH

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Good to see the Rotherham Labour Council rolling out their own van...

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Because they're kants.

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it's even cheaper to join the tories.
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Grandad,

Most of these articles have been posted on TDO - but the Rotherham situation is having a knock on effect across the country, it is being highlighted and you all need trained


Proposals for stringent taxi driver checks in Mansfield

http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/propos ... -1-7107365

Taxi drivers ‘being treated like criminals’ over child sex abuse sessions

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/crim ... -1-7108601

Birmingham Council 'buried' report into link between Asian private hire drivers and child exploitation

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bi ... nk-4653502

Fears change to taxi laws will increase attacks on Crawley women by sexual predators

http://www.crawleynews.co.uk/Fears-chan ... story.html

Council concern over changes to law on private hire minicabs

http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local- ... aw-8015551

Six paedophile arrests in Wiltshire as police try to prevent 'another Rotherham'

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/paed ... story.html

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Rotherham MP opposed child abuse inquiry

Rotherham Labour MP John Healey opposed calls for an investigation into child abuse allegations in the town because he did not think it would help victims or families, The Times reports.




Mr Healey said in a reply to a constituent that he did not want an investigation to focus “solely on Rotherham and on Asian men grooming white girls”.

Meanwhile, PCC for South Yorkshire Shaun Wright, who is refusing to stand down from his job, was booed yesterday at a public meeting, and the grandfather of one of the victims said: “If I had a gun, I would shoot you.”

https://www.politicshome.com/home-affai ... se-inquiry

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