Child victms ruthlessly trafficked over border

CHILD exploitation networks ruthlessly traffick victims back and forth across the Scottish-English border, the expert behind the Rotherham abuse inquiry said yesterday.

- BY JOHN GLOVER

Professor Alexis Jay told MSPs that grooming gangs and criminals do not respect national boundaries, revealing anecdotal evidence of the “transportation of individuals” occurring between the north of England and Scotland.

Speaking to a Holyrood committee, Professor Jay drew chilling parallels to her previous investigations into grooming rings.