Julie Bindel

older men some of whom worked in takeaway outlets or other traditional jobs for migrants to those towns and then of course the sexual abuse started full-on and the reason why I really try not to call them grooming gangs although often it's just simpler because it's it's a known term I mean grooming is something that I do for about a minute and a half every morning in front of the mirror and

It's meaningless. And these girls were targeted and these girls were raped and pimped. And what often gets missed out is that these girls were for profit. There were also sexual playthings for the men that were then going to be selling them from apartments and houses and even parks around the UK. They were trafficked around the UK, but they were merchandise.

It's meaningless. And these girls were targeted and these girls were raped and pimped. And what often gets missed out is that these girls were for profit. There were also sexual playthings for the men that were then going to be selling them from apartments and houses and even parks around the UK. They were trafficked around the UK, but they were merchandise.

It's meaningless. And these girls were targeted and these girls were raped and pimped. And what often gets missed out is that these girls were for profit. There were also sexual playthings for the men that were then going to be selling them from apartments and houses and even parks around the UK. They were trafficked around the UK, but they were merchandise.

And then what happened was in the late 1990s, in a city called Leeds in West Yorkshire, a mother called Irene Iverson, whose daughter Fiona, aged 14, had been targeted by an older man. And this was a white middle-class, very respectable family. And Irene Iverson decided that she wanted to set up an organisation, which she did, and she called it Coalition for the Removal of Pimping Crop.

And then what happened was in the late 1990s, in a city called Leeds in West Yorkshire, a mother called Irene Iverson, whose daughter Fiona, aged 14, had been targeted by an older man. And this was a white middle-class, very respectable family. And Irene Iverson decided that she wanted to set up an organisation, which she did, and she called it Coalition for the Removal of Pimping Crop.

And then what happened was in the late 1990s, in a city called Leeds in West Yorkshire, a mother called Irene Iverson, whose daughter Fiona, aged 14, had been targeted by an older man. And this was a white middle-class, very respectable family. And Irene Iverson decided that she wanted to set up an organisation, which she did, and she called it Coalition for the Removal of Pimping Crop.

Because she knew that her daughter was being sold. She knew that the daughters of many other women, many other parents were also being sold. And she couldn't get social services or the police to deal with the perpetrator. They weren't interested. They more or less said, well, if she's over 13 and it's a consensual relationship with this man, then why should we worry?

Because she knew that her daughter was being sold. She knew that the daughters of many other women, many other parents were also being sold. And she couldn't get social services or the police to deal with the perpetrator. They weren't interested. They more or less said, well, if she's over 13 and it's a consensual relationship with this man, then why should we worry?

Because she knew that her daughter was being sold. She knew that the daughters of many other women, many other parents were also being sold. And she couldn't get social services or the police to deal with the perpetrator. They weren't interested. They more or less said, well, if she's over 13 and it's a consensual relationship with this man, then why should we worry?

And Irene was saying to them that he's much older, she's smoking cannabis, she's staying at his house, they're obviously having sex. Nobody wanted to know. So through the organisation that she set up, that I then found out about very early on, the parents started putting together intelligence about the abusers.

And Irene was saying to them that he's much older, she's smoking cannabis, she's staying at his house, they're obviously having sex. Nobody wanted to know. So through the organisation that she set up, that I then found out about very early on, the parents started putting together intelligence about the abusers.

And Irene was saying to them that he's much older, she's smoking cannabis, she's staying at his house, they're obviously having sex. Nobody wanted to know. So through the organisation that she set up, that I then found out about very early on, the parents started putting together intelligence about the abusers.

And this is where they discovered, when they talked together, and none of these parents, I mean, certainly none of the ones I met, were focusing on this as a problem because of the men's ethnicity. It was because the men were abusing their daughters. So they put together information such as number plates from cars, from vehicles that picked the girls up,

And this is where they discovered, when they talked together, and none of these parents, I mean, certainly none of the ones I met, were focusing on this as a problem because of the men's ethnicity. It was because the men were abusing their daughters. So they put together information such as number plates from cars, from vehicles that picked the girls up,

And this is where they discovered, when they talked together, and none of these parents, I mean, certainly none of the ones I met, were focusing on this as a problem because of the men's ethnicity. It was because the men were abusing their daughters. So they put together information such as number plates from cars, from vehicles that picked the girls up,

names of these men, all other kind of information, the addresses, they sometimes followed their daughters to the takeaway outlets or the flats that they were being taken to, and then passed this information, which was quite an extensive bundle of information, to the police, to social services, and nothing was done. And there is a myth, and obviously we'll talk about this, but

names of these men, all other kind of information, the addresses, they sometimes followed their daughters to the takeaway outlets or the flats that they were being taken to, and then passed this information, which was quite an extensive bundle of information, to the police, to social services, and nothing was done. And there is a myth, and obviously we'll talk about this, but

names of these men, all other kind of information, the addresses, they sometimes followed their daughters to the takeaway outlets or the flats that they were being taken to, and then passed this information, which was quite an extensive bundle of information, to the police, to social services, and nothing was done. And there is a myth, and obviously we'll talk about this, but

I'm sure we don't all agree. There is a myth that the police inaction was solely because of the men's ethnicity, that they didn't want a race riot, because the far right and some racist agitators in the neighbourhoods would have gone berserk when they discovered that these men were predominantly Pakistani Muslim. But a big factor in this was what I'd seen...