Shaun Wright steps down as PCC after Rotherham report pressure
Shaun Wright has stepped down as South Yorkshire's police and crime commissioner after weeks of pressure over the Rotherham sexual abuse scandal, his office has announced.
Rotherham MP calls for PCC Shaun Wright to resign
Labour MP for Rotherham, Sarah Champion, has joined calls for Shaun Wright to stand down in light of a report into child sexual exploitation.
Mr Wright, now the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire, was chair of child services for Rotherham when some of the abuse detailed in the report was going on.
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Children were 'raped and beaten' in Rotherham
Children as young as 11 were raped by large groups of men, a new inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham has found.
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True scale of Rotherham child sex abuse was 'downplayed'
A report into 16 years of child sexual abuse in Rotherham has concluded that the true scale of exploitation in the town will never be known.