‘From 13 I was raped, trafficked and abused by over 100 men...’

ONE victim told police she was raped, trafficked and abused by more than 100 different men from the age of 13.

Now 18, she said she was once raped by men in balaclavas and filmed.

She said she was told by police 14 men had been arrested in connection with her allegations.

She said: “The grooming started when I was about 13. I went to a party where these two men were and we exchanged numbers.

“They started inviting me round to a few properties they dealt drugs from. For a month and a half they were lovely and expected nothing from me, then they began sexually assaulting me and taking me to different properties to be raped, beaten and abused by other men for money.

“Over a three and a half year period, I was raped, trafficked and abused by over 100 men.

“Videos were taken of me being raped by these men wearing balaclavas.

“At the start of the investigation police said, ‘We won’t stop until these men are behind bars’.

“A year and a half later, they are walking free, still able to hurt vulnerable girls and get away with it. I’m left watching my shadow and feeling terrified and traumatised for the rest of my life.

“Me and the other girls have been failed by the police and the other victims who haven’t spoken out and the young girls who they will prey on in the future.

“We need to get these men off the streets. “I had no one to talk to when the grooming started and felt so alone.these men took advantage of that.”

Another victim was 16 and still at school when her sex grooming nightmare began.

She was under a social services protection plan and said from 2017 at least 22 men raped or sexually abused her over three years, often during periods she was reported missing.

Now 20, she described being “brainwashed” by abusers who offered gifts and money before drugs and alcohol, then demanding sex. She said: “Men started messaging me and picking me up and taking me to different flats and being violent and raping me.

“It just got worse so there would be more men, more flats, more cars, more abuse.

“I was once taken to a hotel in school uniform with a man in his 30s, but the hotel didn’t question anything so I ended up being raped several times that night.”

A third was in the care system when she was raped or abused by different men after being moved to specialist care homes across the country.the abuse started at the age of 14 and took place in several counties, she said.

Now 17, she said she came into contact with about 50 men who abused her or other girls while under the care of East Riding ofyorkshire Council social services.

Of the news no charges were being brought she said: “I’m sickened to say they failed me as a child, and now I have to live with this for the rest of my life.

“Not just me but other girls have sat through video interviews as we are promised justice.

“The only thing we get from any of this is the trauma brought back up.

“Overall I would say there were over 50 men I met while I should have been protected by the system.the only solution to social care and the police was to keep moving me.”

Eoin Rush, director of children, families and schools at East Riding ofyorkshire Council, said: “The case involved is very complex and she has shown a great deal of courage in coming forward and reporting these allegations to police.

“The council has provided support and offered help over a number of years, and she continues to receive support from social workers.

“Child sexual exploitation is an issue facing towns and cities across the country.

“While new multi-agency approaches have become increasingly effective, there is no simple solution. Like many other local authorities, we are constantly reviewing our approach.”

‘They failed me

as a child...’