British child abuse victims 'seen as prostitutes'

Nothing was done about child sexual exploitation (CSE) in South Yorkshire, England, because the girls involved were seen as prostitutes, a police commissioner has said.

British child abuse victims 'seen as prostitutes'

Nothing was done about child sexual exploitation (CSE) in South Yorkshire, England, because the girls involved were seen as prostitutes, a police commissioner has said.

Alan Billings, South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner, said “it all went wrong” because police did not understand what grooming was or that it was child abuse.

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