Grooming gangs.

[old git]

This is a difficult subject.

There has been much in the media lately about predominately Pakistani men who, according to an enquiry by Baroness L Casey, have been allowed to commit organised crimes of rape against young white girls. It is claimed that the authorities are in denial about the ethnicity of the men, for fear of being dubbed racist.

O.K. Let's assume that the Police have been turning a blind eye to these crimes. There seems to be a trend of Police not investigating crimes these days; more often as not it is claimed they do not have the resources but dig a bit deeper and it looks like they are prioritising those crimes where there is a reasonable chance of the perpetrators being caught and - more to the point - being prosecuted.

While Baroness Casey may be angry about the lack of action against the criminals I think it is too easy to say that the sole cause is, as she maintains, down to ethnic sensitivities. I would suggest the real reason there are so few prosecutions is more down to a complete absence of hard evidence. The CPS need more than anecdotal claims of serious assault and rape to stand a chance of conviction. They need hard evidence.

So I ask the question. How on earth can another enquiry expect to come to any other conclusion that there is insufficient evidence. No one would like to see rapists (of any background) sent to prison for a long time more than me but it is not the job of Police to believe or not believe the victims ; their place is to suspect wrong doing and investigate ...and they will only investigate if there is a realistic chance of building a case. It is the job of the Courts to believe or not believe the plaintiffs ...and they can only do that with evidence.


Is this new National enquiry just another waste of Public money? They cost tens of millions of pounds.