Newscast The Grooming Gangs Report
Jun 16, 2025
Judith Moritz, a BBC special correspondent based in Oldham, and Alison Holt, the BBC Social Affairs editor, delve into the troubling findings of Baroness Casey's report on grooming gangs. They discuss the urgent call for a national inquiry and the chilling collective failure to address the ethnicity of these offenders, which is often ignored. Personal stories from victims highlight the need for improved data collection and legal understanding surrounding these crimes, emphasizing accountability and societal change.
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Harsh Reality of Grooming Gangs
- Group-based child sexual exploitation involves multiple assaults by multiple men over time.
- Victims suffer physical, mental impacts and live with unrighted injustice and shame.
Inquiry with Teeth and Local Focus
- Baroness Casey demands a statutory inquiry with power to compel evidence.
- It will combine local inquiries feeding into national findings to avoid losing local detail.
Appalling Data Gaps on Ethnicity
- Two-thirds of grooming gang perpetrators lack recorded ethnicity data.
- This data gap seriously hinders understanding and accountability.