These are not ‘Asian’ grooming gangs, they are Kashmiri Muslim

There should be no space for mollycoddling particular minorities if we are serious about delivering justice for the victims

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Louise Casey has said ethnicity should not be avoided examining the grooming gangs
Louise Casey has said ethnicity should not be avoided when examining the grooming gangs Credit: Kirsty O'Connor/PA

When Baroness Casey appeared yesterday before a select committee to answer questions about her landmark report into group-based child sexual exploitation, there was something she was particularly keen to impress upon the MPs: when it comes to dealing with the nationwide scourge of grooming gangs, questions of ethnicity have been avoided for too long...

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