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| Telford abuse victim let down by authorities, says daughter | Telford abuse victim let down by authorities, says daughter |
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| A 16-year-old mother killed in a fire by the man who groomed her was "100%" let down by the authorities, her daughter has said. | A 16-year-old mother killed in a fire by the man who groomed her was "100%" let down by the authorities, her daughter has said. |
| Lucy Lowe was 14 when she fell pregnant by 26-year-old Azhar Ali Mehmood in Telford, a town at the centre of child sexual exploitation claims. | |
| Tasnim Lowe said police and social services should have "taken charge" to protect her mother. | Tasnim Lowe said police and social services should have "taken charge" to protect her mother. |
| West Mercia Police is yet to comment. The council "regrets" its conduct. | West Mercia Police is yet to comment. The council "regrets" its conduct. |
| Lucy was legally incapable of consent when she was targeted by Mehmood aged 12. The schoolgirl gave birth to Tasnim when she was 14 and was pregnant with his second child when she was murdered. | |
| The taxi driver was jailed for life in 2001 for killing Lucy, and her sister and mother, in the blaze in Telford. | The taxi driver was jailed for life in 2001 for killing Lucy, and her sister and mother, in the blaze in Telford. |
| Ms Lowe, 18, told BBC 5 live the authorities and her mother's school should have stepped in to stop the teenager being groomed by Mehmood. | |
| "They should have been like, 'This is wrong. This is illegal, we are going to do something about it'," she said. | "They should have been like, 'This is wrong. This is illegal, we are going to do something about it'," she said. |
| 'Nobody asked me any questions' | |
| Telford abuse team cases 'near doubled' | |
| White working class girls 'traded for sex' | |
| Telford has been in the spotlight since the Sunday Mirror published a report about "groups of mainly Asian men" targeting vulnerable white teenagers in the town since the 1980s. | |
| Operation Chalice, launched by West Mercia Police, led to the jailing in 2012 of a group of men whom officers said may have targeted more than 100 girls. | |
| Lucy's father George Lowe, 73, said he believes the authorities did "nothing" to protect his daughter, who was described at Mehmood's trial as being in a "relationship" with her killer, despite her being underage. | |
| He said: "The social services did nothing, schools did nothing and police did nothing, in a way. | |
| "I had a word with her, but you know, you couldn't talk to her. | |
| "She wasn't going to school for a start. They should have done something then. I can't understand it." | |
| Telford and Wrekin Council said it could not discuss individual cases but added in a statement: "We accept and regret that some historic practices were not effective 10 - 20 years ago. | |
| "But so were services right across the country because awareness of child sexual exploitation (CSE) was then very different from now." | |
| West Mercia Police previously said it is currently working with approximately 46 young people who were CSE victims or considered "at risk". |