Rotherham MBC failed in its duty to protect some of the most vulnerable children in the borough, an independent inquiry has reported today.
The damning findings of Professor Alexis Jay’s study stated as a ‘conservative’ estimate that at least 1,400 local children were sexually exploited between 1997 and 2013.
Both the council and the local police were negligent over the first twelve years of the investigation period, the review - which was commissioned by Rotherham last October found. Clear evidence from abused children was ‘disbelieved, suppressed or ignored’ by the authorities.
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