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Statement from the Rape Gang Inquiry
Our inquiry panel has heard extensive and deeply distressing testimony from a survivor detailing prolonged and extreme abuse, exploitation, and trafficking begmning in childhood and continuing over a number of years across multiple locations in the United Kingdom.
The panel wishes to place on record that we regard this testimony with the utmost seriousness. The survivor has provided detailed, consistent, and specific evidence over an extended period of engagement with our inquiry She will remain anonymous and she is safe, She has made it abundantly clear that she wants the country to know her story. This is her decision, and her decision alone. Elements of her account have been independently corroborated through presented documentation and vast evidence.
The panel is also aware of additional material and supporting information that strengthens the credibility of the survivor's account and warrants urgent and cornprehensive investigation by the relevant statutory authorities.
Given the gravity of the allegations, we have thought long and hard about whether to release the following information. We believe, as does she, that the public deserves to know the truth about the rape gangs,
The survivor's violent gang rape and abuse began at the age of 12, she was raped multiple times per day over many years. The rapes were filmed and were used as blackmail. The survivor has stated that multiple police officers were active perpetrators - money was exchanged openly and this destroyed her ability and willingness to seek help. Police vehicles were used to traffic her and some of the abuse events were called 'cop nights. '
The extreme pain she suffered Included filmed torture in places called 'red rooms'.
The torture included waterboarding and strangulation by rope. Distressingly, she was raped by a dog, filmed, and forced to rewatch the footage as the men placed bets.
The co-ordination of this specific type of abuse was predominantly perpetrated by Pakistani-heritage men.
During this specific period of abuse, she witnessed the murder of at least three girls, one of whom was allegedly killed as a punishment for speaking to the police force.
Agencies made a number of referrals to the National Referral Mechanism, She received positive grounds in 2018 but was not made aware of this status until 2021. She finally received conclusive grounds in 2023.
The survivor is understandably wary of reporting the matter to the police so the panel is seeking an urgent meeting with the Home Secretary, including the survivor, to ensure that the Government is fully apprised of the seriousness of this evidence and to discuss the immediate steps required to ensure the survivor's protection, to preserve evidence, and to secure justice.
Our overriding priority is the safety of survivors, and the pursuit of truth and justice without fear or favour,
We believe, along with the survwor herself, that the British people deserve to finally know what has been inflicted on innocent young girls in British towns and cities for many decades.
The Rape Gang Inquiry
Rupert Lowe MP
Esther McVey MP
Graham Smith, Barrister
Sammy Woodhouse