All news on the topic: Child grooming

Craig Baker, 32, has been jailed for 10 years for grooming a 14-year-old boy, he befriended at a Hemel Hempstead sports centre where he was manager, and sexually abusing him

Eleanor Williams, 23, falsely claimed she was raped and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, but was eventually caught out by her own lies

Ella Jones, 14, from Mount Vernon, Washington State, vanished from her home on January 5 after speaking to an older man named Keith on instant messaging platform Discord

"I warned Sir Peter Fahy in writing about the scale of the problem. I told him we were neglecting these children... but I was fobbed off. He has always just provided empty words. He needs to be held accountable”

The damning 173-page report in Greater Manchester Police and other authorities' failed handling of Rochdale grooming gangs' abuse of young girls was released today

Nine men of Pakistani and Afghan backgrounds were jailed as part of the Rochdale grooming scandal in 2012 - but further investigations resulted in the convictions of 42

A damning 173-page review sets out multiple failed investigations by Greater Manchester Police and apparent local authority indifference to the plight of hundreds of youngsters

Alex Crow, a priest who dabbled in the art of exorcism 'groomed' an 18-year-old girl at the high school he worked at before whisking her away to Italy - and they are now married

South Yorkshire Police have released two men arrested in connection with the disappearance of teenager Andrew Gosden, who vanished in 2007 at the age of 14 after buying ticket to London

WARNING DISTRESSING: Christina O’Connor fell into the clutches of a grooming gang when she was 14 and the abuse destroyed her chances of normal relationships and a career

Kandice Barber was jailed for six years and two months in March 2021 but has since been seen working for the construction firm Wates at a building site in west London

In a disturbing letter released by the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, defrocked priest Alexander Crow said he is 'not leaving the priesthood' or returning with the teen girl

The cost of living crisis and lack of support services will leave many families unable to afford childcare this summer, sparking fears that more kids will be exposed to exploitation

The Home Secretary reveals she considered dialling in to the show and posing as a member of the public to quote Margaret Thatcher after being accused of racism

The number of people convicted of sex offences after meeting children through online games has tripled in five years. There were 219 convictions in 2021, up from 71 in 2018

The Home Secretary travelled to the South Yorkshire town this week to meet those affected by the scandal, but youth leader Jayne Senior MBE said she was informed child sex abuse is still happening

An 'ice-breaker' case, brought by a grooming survivor known as Liz, led to convicted rapist Asghar Bostan, 52, being hit with the civil claim in the High Court

The Prime Minister was speaking as he hosted the first meeting of a new taskforce aimed at rooting out child sexual exploitation - and after the Home Secretary pointed the finger at British Pakistani men

Mohammed Ramzan, 43, was one of several men falsely accused by fantasist Eleanor Williams, 22, of grooming and trafficking women, has spoke about the impact on his family

Maegan Hall has filed a lawsuit against other officers involved in the sex scandal that rocked La Vergne Police Department in February and claims she was seen as a 'piece of meat'

Anthony Lonsdale, 21, set up fake profiles on Snapchat, Instagram and WhatsApp and contacted a girl, sending her increasingly intimate messages and sexually explicit photos