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Inquiry exposes 1,400 cases of sexual and mental abuse of children in English town of Rotherham
An inquiry has found at least 1,400 children were subjected to appalling sexual exploitation in the town of Rotherham in northern England over a 16-year period.
Conducted by Professor Alexis Jay, the inquiry looked at how Rotherham council's children's services department dealt with cases involving child exploitation between 1997 and 2013.
It outlined rape, trafficking and severe mental and physical abuse involving children as young as 11.
The report, which was commissioned by Rotherham Borough Council, also said authorities refused to acknowledge the abusers were mainly from the town's Pakistani community.
Professor Jay found there was a "collective failure" by both the police and the local council to stop the abuse.
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Scale of Rotherham abuse shocked man who exposed it
The journalist who uncovered the Rotherham grooming gangs scandal has said that even he massively underestimated the scale of the abuse.
Andrew Norfolk told the BBC on the 10th anniversary of the Jay Report that he had "absolutely no idea" it would name 1,400 girls as victims before the figure was announced at a bombshell press conference.
Mr Norfolk had been putting pressure on Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police to answer questions about child sexual exploitation by predominantly Asian men since he started receiving tip-offs in 2011.
His subsequent investigation for The Times had "seismic" ramifications and led to a major inquiry.
'Sub-human species'
Looking back at the impact of Professor Alexis Jay's findings in 2014, Mr Norfolk said that the outcome of his investigative work proved the value of the "mainstream media" in exposing crime and the failings