More than 1,000 kids sexually abused in large town amid 'shocking' police failings
"Victims and survivors repeatedly told the inquiry how, when they were children, adult men worked to gain their trust before ruthlessly betraying that trust, treating them as sexual objects or commodities.
"They lived in fear and their lives were forever changed. They have asked, over the years: how was this allowed to happen?" Mr Crowther said the lack of police action had emboldened offenders, allowing them to exploit over 1,000 children. Most of the repulsive abusers did not use contraception and "pregnancies were expected to be terminated".Victims were sent death threats if they dared to try and end the abuse - and it is claimed some girls were killed by their abusers to cover up their offending.
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