Rotherham girl's family fled UK after abuse by Asian men, court told
Eight men from South Yorkshire town allegedly groomed and sexually exploited underage girls between 1999 and 2003
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The girl, now 27, says her abusers threatened to gang rape her mother if she didn’t submit to them. Photograph:
The family of a “lovely” 13-year-old girl who claims to have been groomed for sex by Asian men in Rotherham were so afraid of her alleged abusers that they moved to Spain after their complaints to the police, social services, their MP and the home secretary went unresolved, a court has heard.
The girl, who cannot be named, is the main complainant in the trial of eight men from the South Yorkshire town who allegedly groomed and sexually exploited three underage girls between 1999 and 2003.
Now 27 and a campaigner against child sexual exploitation, she claims her abusers threatened to “gang rape” her mother if she did not submit to their sexual abuse, which took place largely in an alley behind a branch of Boots in Rotherham town centre, in a local park and in bushes near a museum, Sheffield crown court heard on Tuesday.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/14/family-rotherham-girl-fled-country-abuse-asian-men-court-told
