FORMER COP BRANDS GROOMING GANG REPORT 'WHITEWASH'

A GROOMING gang report has been branded "a whitewash" after Labour council leaders caused "significant delays" to police attempts to investigate over 1,000 suspected child abusers.

- By Paul Jeeves

Investigations into historical child grooming cases across Greater Manchester were significantly delayed because a city council heavily redacted pages of evidence, a report has found. But ex-Greater Manchester Police (GMP) detective turned victim campaigner Maggie Oliver, right, slammed the findings.

She said: “This review is meant to look at what is going on now. How can they assess what is going on now if they have blocked the voices of every single victim who is engaging with these new investigations? It’s a whitewash I’m afraid.”