Nottinghamshire Police investigation "not adequately resourced or supported", inquiry finds
Nottinghamshire Police's 'Operation Daybreak' began in 2011 after survivors began to come forward alleging abuse at children's homes in Nottingham.
Two years later, in 2013, 'Operation Xeres' was launched by the force to investigate allegations of abuse in children's homes and in foster care across the whole of Nottinghamshire.
The two operations were later combined into 'Operation Equinox'.
Today's report findings found Nottinghamshire Police’s investigation into allegations of non-recent sexual abuse of children in residential care (Operation Daybreak) was not adequately resourced or supported from its formation in 2011 until 2015.
The report did find that since 2015, when Operation Daybreak became Operation Equinox, there have been a number of prosecutions and there now appears to be greater confidence in the force’s commitment amongst complainants.
Our correspondent Phil Brewster has been speaking to the officer leading Operation Equinox. He began by asking Chief Superintendent Rob Griffin what he made of the criticism levelled at the force during the inquiry.
994 - The number of allegations of historic sexual or physical abuse that have been made so far. (This can include other locations outside of children’s homes and foster care.)
685 - The total number of suspects, of with 303 of those suspects having been identified. Of the suspects identified, 98 have died.
418 - The number of people who have come forward with allegations.
15 - The number of people who have been charged. The total number of prosecutions is 17, as two people have been charged twice.
13 - The number of convictions so far (of 12 different people). Seven of these relate to abuse carried out in children’s homes.
3 - The number of not guilty verdicts.
(Statistics accurate as of July 2019)
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