Grooming gangs inquiry vows 'not to shy away from race and ethnicity links' in bid to 'get to the truth'
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The Grooming gangs inquiry "will not shy away from race and ethnicity links" in a bid to "get to the truth", MPs have been told.Zoë Billingham, one of three panel members, told the Home Affairs Committee that investigators would not "turn the other cheek" to evidence showing offenders were of Pakistani heritage.She told MPs: "We've heard direct testimony from victims and survivors.
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We know that in terms of prosecutions in some parts of the country the perpetrators are from Asian Pakistani heritage.""We're not going to shy away from that.
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In fact, quite the reverse." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say She added: "We're going to be forensically looking at how religion, culture, heritage and background could or could not have been a driver.
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Our inquiry has to get us to the truth."Ms Billingham, formerly an HM inspector of police, emphasised that the inquiry must reach the truth, regardless of where the evidence leads.She explained that the inquiry...
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