Police 'ignored' sex abuse of girls in Sheffield, claims former officer
SOUTH Yorkshire Police were told not to investigate the hundreds of girls making claims of sexual abuse in Sheffield, a former police officer has alleged.
Former Sheffield police officer claims he was told to abandon child abuse inquiry
The accusations heap further pressure on senior officers who allowed girls as young as 12 to be raped, tortured and trafficked by gangs of paedophiles – just as they did in neighbouring Rotherham.
The whistleblower claims he was ordered to abandon his inquiry into child abuse.
He made the claims as a leaked report says more than 200 girls in Sheffield were suspected of being sexually exploited.
It lists more than 320 men accused of carrying out abuse from 2007 to 2010.