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.
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.
The lawyer for 15 of the victims of sexual exploitation in Rotherham has said his clients are "not terribly concerned with who resigns" over the scandal.
David Greenwood told Good Morning Britain victims wanted to make sure "systems are put in place and enough funding is put in place" to support other victims and prevent a repeat of the widespread abuse.
Children as young as 11 were raped by large groups of men, a new inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham has found.
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.