Rochdale grooming: 'I was raped more than 100 times from age 12'

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Ruby says she was 'let down' by police as she calls for more support for sexually abused children.

Ruby spoke to BBC Newsnight about how she was groomed and abused by a gang for four years from the age of 12A victim of a Rochdale grooming gang has said she was raped more than 100 times from the age of 12 and felt "let down" by police.

It focussed on 111 cases in the town from 2004 to 2013 and set out a series of failed investigations by GMP, identifyingRuby, whose real name cannot be revealed for legal reasons, said the abuse started after some older men invited her and her friends to a takeaway and flat for food and drinks.But one day at the flat "they wouldn't let us in the room" because other people were in there, she said.

The review confirmed that Ruby had previously disclosed to the Crisis Intervention Team that she had older boyfriends giving her vodka and sexually abusing her. "At first I double looked because I didn't really believe what I'd seen. Then, when it hit me he's there, I ran," she said.Ruby said she phoned GMP and "they did nothing", adding: "I was a mess."

 

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