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| Retired Greater Manchester Police officers held on suspicion of rape | Retired Greater Manchester Police officers held on suspicion of rape |
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| The force said the men - from Bolton, Bury and Trafford - were all released on conditional bail | The force said the men - from Bolton, Bury and Trafford - were all released on conditional bail |
| Five retired Greater Manchester Police officers have been arrested on suspicion of raping a vulnerable teenager in the 1960s. | Five retired Greater Manchester Police officers have been arrested on suspicion of raping a vulnerable teenager in the 1960s. |
| Some of the officers are believed to have worked for a dedicated unit targeting the sex work industry, known as the VICE squad, based at the former Collyhurst police station in inner city Manchester. | |
| The force said the complainant had been younger than 16 at the time the alleged offences began, while the suspects were now aged between 70 and 81. | The force said the complainant had been younger than 16 at the time the alleged offences began, while the suspects were now aged between 70 and 81. |
| Assistant Chief Constable Steph Parker said: "No abuser is immune from justice and time is no barrier." | Assistant Chief Constable Steph Parker said: "No abuser is immune from justice and time is no barrier." |
| GMP said the men - from Bolton, Bury and Trafford - had all been released on conditional bail while the investigation, named Operation Salvador, continued. | GMP said the men - from Bolton, Bury and Trafford - had all been released on conditional bail while the investigation, named Operation Salvador, continued. |
| Three of the arrests were made last month while two more were made in May. | Three of the arrests were made last month while two more were made in May. |
| 'Horrendous abuse' | 'Horrendous abuse' |
| One of the suspects, aged 77, is accused of raping the victim both when she was a child and an adult, while a 79-year-old is accused of raping her when she was a child. | One of the suspects, aged 77, is accused of raping the victim both when she was a child and an adult, while a 79-year-old is accused of raping her when she was a child. |
| The other three, aged 70, 74 and 81, are accused of raping her when she was an adult, while all five men are also suspected of misconduct in a public office. | The other three, aged 70, 74 and 81, are accused of raping her when she was an adult, while all five men are also suspected of misconduct in a public office. |
| ACC Parker commended the woman for coming forward. | ACC Parker commended the woman for coming forward. |
| "I'm sure the public will be as troubled as I am that five former officers are suspected of being involved in the abuse of a woman when she was a vulnerable child and adult who needed their protection," she said. | "I'm sure the public will be as troubled as I am that five former officers are suspected of being involved in the abuse of a woman when she was a vulnerable child and adult who needed their protection," she said. |
| GMP said the woman, who was being supported by specialist officers, had been updated about the arrests. | GMP said the woman, who was being supported by specialist officers, had been updated about the arrests. |
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