Five women abused as children by Rotherham grooming gangs say police also sexually abused them

Several victims of grooming gangs in Rotherham as children have come forward to reveal that they were also sexually abused by police officers in the town. These women shared harrowing experiences of being exploited by both gangs and corrupt officers, with one victim describing being raped by a police officer from the age of 12 in a marked police car. The scandal, spanning from the mid-90s to early 2000s, involves allegations of police officers working alongside grooming gangs or failing to act on child sexual exploitation, with calls for an independent investigation due to potential conflicts of interest within South Yorkshire Police.