'Britain's darkest secret': Grooming survivor calls for apology from Starmer

A rape subsister who was abused by dozens of men has called connected the premier curate to apologise for the hold successful calling for a nationalist enquiry into the grooming scandal.

"Elizabeth", whose sanction we person changed to support her identity, was abused by a pack of men successful Rotherham from the property of 14.

She was besides trafficked to different cities and says she was raped by truthful galore men implicit the people of much than 3 years she doesn't cognize the nonstop number.

She says each her abusers were of Pakistani heritage.

After Louise Casey's explosive study revealed the ethnicity of perpetrators had been shied distant from by the authorities, Elizabeth says Sir Keir Starmer owes survivors an apology "not conscionable for holding backmost connected the inquiry, due to the fact that helium could person done this six months ago, but besides for the insults that followed".

She says it was incorrect of the premier curate to accuse radical of jumping connected a "far-right bandwagon".

"Survivors and families person not done that. You person whistleblowers, you know, it's acrophobic radical wanting justness for kid abuse," she says.

She besides believes that had the authorities been prepared to face concerns astir the ethnicity of offenders and analyse communities much closely, she could person been spared the maltreatment she suffered.

"Going back, the intelligence, everything, I should ne'er person been a victim," she says.

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Many are aggravated it has taken 11 years for politicians to judge the issue

Shockingly, successful Rotherham, the information has been known for much than a decade.

In 2014 a study by Alexis Jay, who went connected to seat a nationalist enquiry into the wider contented of kid intersexual exploitation, recovered determination were astatine slightest 1,400 victims of grooming successful the town, with the perpetrators predominantly of Pakistani heritage.

Many here, including Elizabeth, are aggravated it has taken 11 years for politicians to judge the issue, contempt scandals emerging successful a fig of towns and cities crossed Britain.

"It's a question inactive that needs to beryllium answered. I bash deliberation it was due to the fact that they wanted to beryllium politically correct," she says.

'They silenced the incorrect people'

She's disappointed but unsurprised by the revelation that Whitehall officials wanted to assistance the authorities successful Rotherham screen up the scandal: "It does explicate a batch due to the fact that I've ever thought that however organised Rotherham was - however perchance could they person pulled it disconnected themselves?"

She believes the effect of years of denial by the authorities has meant perpetrators were protected.

She describes the survivors of grooming arsenic "Britain's darkest secret", adding, "they silenced the incorrect radical and we request the truth. Why did they bash it?".

Sir Keir 'frustrated' with politicians who 'shout and shriek but bash nothing'

Sir Keir said helium gets "frustrated" with politicians who "shout and shriek but bash nothing" arsenic helium defended past comments astir a grooming gangs inquiry.

Speaking to Sky News's governmental exertion Beth Rigby, the premier curate was asked if helium regretted saying successful January that those calling for a nationalist probe into paedophile rings were "jumping connected a far-right bandwagon" - given helium has present agreed to one.

Sir Keir said helium was "really clear" helium was talking astir the Tories, who were demanding an enquiry they ne'er acceptable up erstwhile they were successful government.

He said: "I was calling retired those politicians. I americium frustrated with authorities erstwhile radical outcry and shriek a batch and bash thing erstwhile they've got the accidental to bash it. It's 1 of the worst aspects of politics, successful my view."