Posting this as an addition to @MolochHunter's post about the 420 perps in Rotherham the police are treating as suspects in cases of child rape and sexual exploitation of teenage girls.

'The horrors of Huddersfield are hard to hear. Another town tainted on a growing list of shame.

Another 15 children raped, abused and trafficked by yet another ruthless gang of 20 paedophiles, that were recently convicted.

Rotherham, Telford, Rochdale, Oxford, Newcastle, Aylesbury, Huddersfield - when, and where, will this all end?

Not soon that’s for sure in a land where vulnerable children are easy meat for evil gangs browbeating them into a fearful silence with terrifying threats.

Sammy Woodhouse, abused as a teenager in Rotherham, gave us her experienced verdict: “I don’t think we’ll ever be able to stop this. It’s an epidemic and the UK is a paedophile’s paradise.”

And Sara Rowbotham, the sexual health worker who uncovered the Rochdale scandal, could offer no hope.

“The numbers in Huddersfield will be the tip of the iceberg,” she said.

“I’m more worried about the towns and cities where there HAVEN’T been any court cases.

“Because if they haven’t identified this crime in your town, then you are not looking hard enough.”

I have investigated child sexual exploitation in the UK for the Sunday Mirror for almost three years, and each story I hear is more sickening than the last.

The authorities want us to believe this is an historic problem

That couldn’t be further from the truth. Just 15 miles from Huddersfield, in Bradford, the local council received a staggering 1,153 child sexual exploitation referrals in the year to April 2017.

Police there are in the midst of Operation Dalesway which has already seen 109 perpetrators seized. At least 70 more are likely to follow in coming months.

In Telford, a Sunday Mirror probe revealed up to 1,000 girls could have been attacked over four decades.

Abuse was also linked to five deaths. Police in the Shropshire town have launched a new investigation as a result of our findings and Telford and Wrekin council will soon hold a public inquiry.

Yet on Saturday they refused to give us current victim numbers despite a freedom of information request.

In Rotherham, where Sammy was one of 1,500 girls targeted between 1997 and 2013, the police probe is so vast some victims could face a five-year wait for justice.

Earlier this year, the National Crime Agency had to ask for 100 more officers after specially trained detectives had been able to contact less than a fifth of those abused.

Sammy, 33, who now delivers seminars on child sexual exploitation across the UK, has been contacted by thousands of traumatised victims.

Yet she can’t see an end to the crisis.

She said: “Government and agencies are out of their depth. It’s really sad to see just how many people have gone through what I have, but it’s rife all over the country.

“We constantly hear lessons have been learned, but it keeps happening. How many professionals have been held to account, not just for turning a blind eye to this issue but for actually covering it up?”

Sara added most women exploited as children will never get justice because so few cases come to court.

She said: “In Huddersfield, 15 victims might seem a lot but there will be so many others who can’t go through the judicial process.

“Some will have mental health issues or they may be addicted to substances. Others may still be involved with perpetrators.”

Both Sara and Sammy believe the only way to stem the flow of grooming gangs is to teach boys about consent and respect for women.

Sara said: “This is about how those men view these girls as having no value.”

Maggie Oliver, the Rochdale detective who quit to speak openly about police failures and grooming, said: “Nothing will change unless public sector workers are held to account for failing these children.

“If they knew they were going to lose their pension for failing kids, they would make sure they addressed this problem.”

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