How child sex grooming gangs STILL cast a shadow over Rotherham: Locals warn abusers are continuing to prey on youngsters more than 12 years after scandal was exposed. So why, campaigners ask, is more not being done to stop it? By Richard Marsden Published: 02:59 EDT, 11 June 2024 | Updated: 04:08 EDT, 11 June 2024 e-mail 77 View comments Child sex abusers are continuing to prey on youngsters in Rotherham more than 12 years after the grooming gang scandal was first exposed, locals have claimed. Although another seven men were this week found guilty of a horrific catalogue of multiple rapes and sexual assaults, many more trials are in the pipeline – casting a continued shadow over the area.
And local people, including victims, say they believe criminals are still grooming and abusing the young – this time involving gangs from a swathe of ethnicities rather than just groups of mainly Pakistani Muslim men. The latest prosecution follows a five-year investigation by officers from the National Crime Agency's Operation Stovewood, the UK's biggest investigation into child abuse. A spokesman told the Daily Mail: 'Our caseload so far involves over 200 arrests out of 300 suspects, and 1,150 victims.
So far, there have been 33 convictions after 15 trials but there are further trials due to start and we have more than 50 live investigations.' Locals in Rotherham believe criminals are still grooming and abusing youngsters in Rotherham Mohammed Amar (left) and Yasser Ajaibe (right) wer.
