Eight closed grooming gang cases to be reopened in bid to bring justice to sick abusers

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Eight previously-closed grooming gang cases are set to be reopened and examined once again.Operation Beaconport is set to reexamine cases from between January 2010 and March 2025 which involve two or more suspects of sexual abuse, more than one victim, and where no further action had already been taken.It is also only considering cases where suspects are still alive and have not already been reviewed.In November, 1,273 investigations from 23 police forces had already been referred to the National Crime Agency team.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Of those investigations, 236 were prioritised because they involved allegations of rape.Reviewers believe potential lines of inquiry in some cases had been missed because of human error.The announcement falls on the one-year-anniversary of Baroness Casey's audit, which brought to light how grooming gang victims had been ignored.Chief Constable Becky Riggs, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for child protection and abuse Investigation,...

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