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| Rotherham abuse officers investigated | |
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| The police watchdog is to investigate 10 South Yorkshire Police officers over the handling of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham. | |
| The officers are ten of 13 referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) by the force. | |
| Two are not being investigated while a third officer remains under review. | Two are not being investigated while a third officer remains under review. |
| A report, published by Professor Alexis Jay in August, found the abuse of 1,400 children in Rotherham had been ignored by agencies, including police. | A report, published by Professor Alexis Jay in August, found the abuse of 1,400 children in Rotherham had been ignored by agencies, including police. |
| IPCC Commissioner Kathryn Stone said: "The amount of public concern across the country about this episode and the impact on confidence in the police means it is important that a fully independent investigation is conducted to establish how South Yorkshire Police dealt with child sexual exploitation. | IPCC Commissioner Kathryn Stone said: "The amount of public concern across the country about this episode and the impact on confidence in the police means it is important that a fully independent investigation is conducted to establish how South Yorkshire Police dealt with child sexual exploitation. |
| "I sincerely hope that victims and their families will see this investigation as a positive step towards answering the many questions they must have." | "I sincerely hope that victims and their families will see this investigation as a positive step towards answering the many questions they must have." |
| Loss of evidence | |
| The IPCC probe comes after a whistleblower told the BBC she had regularly passed details about alleged abusers to senior police officers but they had failed to act. | The IPCC probe comes after a whistleblower told the BBC she had regularly passed details about alleged abusers to senior police officers but they had failed to act. |
| The ten officers were identified in Professor Jay's report. | |
| Allegations against them included failures to progress investigations into children being abused and the loss of evidence. | |
| According to the report, an officer is alleged to have argued that a child had been "100% consensual" every time they were abused. | |
| The Jay report detailed how children had been subjected to trafficking, rape and other sexual exploitation between 1997 to 2013. | |
| The controversy that followed led to a series of high-profile resignations, including Rotherham's strategic director of children's services, Joyce Thacker, and South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright, who had been the councillor with responsibility for children's services between 2005 and 2010. |