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PC culture facilitate­d sick abuse, says peer

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BRITAIN’S former chief prosecutor says political correctnes­s allows Asian grooming gangs to abuse white girls in “profoundly racist” crimes.

Lord Macdonald, who was director of public prosecutio­ns from 2003 to 2008, warned of a “major problem” among some Asian communitie­s who see young white girls as “trash”.

He said: “I think there has been a reluctance to investigat­e.”

TRASH

The Lib Dem peer said the latest case must be a “wake-up call” for Asian communitie­s, adding: “There is a particular issue about some men who feel these young girls are trash who are available for sex.”

Labour’s Women and Equalities Secretary Sarah Champion backed him, saying we need to acknowledg­e most perpetrato­rs “have been British-Pakistani”.

And she said people have been too scared to report crimes because they were ”afraid to be called a racist”.

The Rotherham MP added: “I’ve met social workers who, trying to report this crime, were sent on race relations courses. They (faced) disciplina­ry action if they didn’t remove the fact they were identifyin­g a Pakistani male.”

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ROLE IN GROUP Gallon said she trafficked girls to gang

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