Irish Sunday Mirror

Rotherham child sex toll ‘rises by 110’

- BY DAN WARBURTON

COPS have identified another 110 possible Rotherham child sex abuse victims – and believe offenders are still at large.

A report suggested 1,400 kids as young as 11 were abused in the South Yorkshire town between 1997 and 2013 by mainly British-pakistani men.

But after scouring 100,000 documents, cops fear the true toll is 1,510.

Paul Williamson, Senior Investigat­ing Officer at the National Crime Agency, said 34 probes are ongoing.

But just 253 potential victims have been spoken to and 104 suspects identified. Mr Williamson said: “This is the UK’S largest single investigat­ion into child exploitati­on ever.”

So far 38 suspects have been arrested, 18 charged and two sentenced.

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