'How many more times will it take a TV drama to hold people to account?'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukChildren were being raped 'every day' - but the 'lone voices' who spoke out about it were 'disbelieved' and 'silenced'. The latest report into child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester published today (January 15) has 'vindicated' victims and the two women who alerted the authorities to the 'widespread abuse' in Rochdale but were ignored.
The review considered the allegations made in the BBC documentary Betrayed Girls which first aired in July 2017. Months earlier, the stories of victims in the Rochdale grooming scandal were depicted in BBC drama Three Girls.
It was after watching these programmes that Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham commissioned an inquiry. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go. Sara Rowbotham, who was portrayed by Maxine Peake in the drama, tearfully responded to the latest report from that inquiry.
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