PREMIUM: Hangout #35 | Grooming Gangs: A Timeline

Carl and Callum examine a timeline of the history of the grooming gangs as publicly known.

• Further Reading

  • 2009 - English Defence League: chaotic alliance stirs up trouble on streets Football fans are being recruited to join protests against Muslims. How worried should the authorities be? - The Guardian 

  • Jan 2011 - Child sex trafficking study sparks exaggerated racial stereotyping - The Guardian 

  • June 2011 - Fears over reaction to damning report into child grooming which shows one in five of those accused is Asian - The Daily Mail 

  • May 8 2012 - Rochdale grooming case: Victim's story - BBC 

  • May 9 2012 - Police fears of being branded racist 'left grooming gang free to abuse teenage girls for two years,' says former Labour MP - The Daily Mail 

  • Sept 24 2012 - Police turned a blind eye to sex grooming gangs for more than a decade, confidential files reveal - The Daily Mail 

  • Nov 13 2012 - Muslim gang 'white rape' claim prompts row - BBC

  • Jan 21 2013 - Councillors’ ‘regret’ for backing man convicted in Rochdale sex gang trial - The Manchester evening News 

  • March 28, 2013 - Ella Cockbain Grooming and the ‘Asian sex gang predator’: the construction of a racial crime threat - Sage Pub

  • May 13 2013 - ‘Imams promote grooming rings’, Muslim leader claims - The Telegraph - Archive

  • June 28 2013 - Muslim religious leaders condemn child sex grooming - BBC 

  • Sept 10 2013 - Abuse of Asian girls missed because of focus on white victims, says report - MWNUK

  • Sept 10 2013 - Abuse of Asian girls missed because of focus on white victims, says report - The Guardian 

  • Dec 20 2013 - 'Police ignored victims of Rochdale child sex grooming gang because they were from COUNCIL ESTATES': Shocking report reveals failings allowed abuse to continue - The Daily Mail 

  • Aug 21 2014 - Alexis Jay report - Rotherham .gov

  • Aug 30 2014 - Muslims disown grooming gangs - The Sunday Times

  • Oct 31 2014 - Muslim community must address issue of street grooming, says Nazir Afzal - The Guardian 

  • Jan 16 2015 - Labour in Rotherham ‘didn’t do right thing’ on grooming, Miliband admits - Yorkshirepost 

  • Feb 4 2015 - Louise Casey (Victim’s Commissioner) Rotherham report - .gov

  • Feb 4 2015 - Shame of grooming cover-up: Cynical councillors could be going to jail after report says they systematically hid truth -  The Daily Mail 

  • Feb 4 2015 - Rotherham Council taken over by Government as bosses quit following child abuse scandal - The Mirror 

  • Feb 4 2015 - Councillors and police 'had sex' with Rotherham abuse victims - The Week 

  • Feb 5 2015 - Child sex abuse gangs could have assaulted ONE MILLION youngsters in the UK - The Mirror 

  • June 2015 - Originally in 2010 - Problem Profile Operation Protection - West Midlands Police 

  • May 2012 - Problem Profile: Operation PROTECTION 2 - West Midland Police 

  • JUN 24 2015 - Police knew grooming gangs were targeting Birmingham schools five years ago but did not alert public - The Birmingham Mail 

  • June 26 2015 - Police hid report on Asian sex grooming gangs - the times - The Times 

  • Feb 24 2016 - Pakistanis must face up to this grooming evil says community leader - Yorkshire Post

  • February, 27  2016 - My cousins the Rotherham child abusers and the Asian men who share their twisted view of white girls: A brave and very personal denunciation by a British Pakistani of those in his community who defend grooming gangs - The Daily Mail

  • March 16 2016 - CLAIM: Labour Party Muslims ‘Cover’ For Sex Grooming Gangs, Use Death Threats And ‘Clan’ Politics - Breitbart 

  • Oct 28 2016 - The Asian sex grooming scandal in Rotherham continues: Now a court has given lifetime anonymity to four men who preyed on a vulnerable girl for years. What IS going on? - The Daily Mail

  • Aug 23 2017 - MP shares tweet saying abuse victims should ‘shut their mouths for good of diversity’ - Metro

  • September 02 2017 - Sarah Champion: The left are failing to confront the truth of sex crimes - Politics Home 

  • Dec 10 2017 - Grooming gang convictions '84% Asian', say researchers - The independent 

  • July 17 2018 - Home Office had information on Rotherham grooming gangs in 2002 but failed to act, review finds - The Independent 

  • Oct 19 2018 - Huddersfield grooming gang jailed for 221 years after 'insidious, persistent and vile abuse of children' - The Examiner Live

  • Nov 8 2018 - Political bust up over inquiry into Huddersfield grooming gang - Examiner Live

  • November 13 2018 - LABOUR’S COVER-UP: Gordon Brown’s Government ‘Urged’ Police Not To Investigate Grooming Gangs - Politicalite 

  • Nov 26 2018 - Sexual exploitation of British Sikh girls by grooming gangs has been 'recklessly ignored' by police due to 'political correctness', claims report - The Daily Mail

  • December 26, 2018 - Most paedophiles in UK are of Pakistani origin, says Sajid Javid - Tribune

  • December 18 2019 - Police officer Amjad Ditta in group charged with sex offences - Halifax - The BBC 

  • Still seems to be a police officer as of 2023 - Feweek

  • Jan 15 2020 - UK: Police Told to Look for ‘Other Ethnicities’ as ‘Asian’ Grooming Gang Preyed on Girls - Breitbart 

  • December 2020 - Home Office Grooming Gang Report - Home Office

  • December 20, 2020  - Analysis: A new Home Office report admits grooming gangs are not a ‘Muslim problem' - Ella Cockbain comes in again. - UCL

  • 1 February 2022 - Child sexual abuse: Extensive failures in tackling grooming, says report -  BBC 

  • Oct 2022 - Report is released - The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - BBC 

  • Feb 4 2022 - Lord Ahmed jailed - Sky News 

  • July 7 2022 - Grooming gang ringleader was employed by Oldham Council as welfare officer, major report reveals - Breitbart 

  • July 15 2022 - Labour Party Blocks Public Inquiry Into Child Rape Grooming Gangs and Local Failures to Protect Girls - BBC 

  • Oct 26 2022 - Rochdale grooming gang members to be deported to Pakistan - The Sun

  • Jan 2 2023 - Revealed: Rotherham rape gangs cover-up councillor holds senior diversity and inclusion NHS role - GB News