Police 'failed to recognise scale' of Rochdale abuse

There was a failure to recognise the seriousness and scale of what was happening in Rochdale.

It is appalling that young girls were being exploited and abused and the police did not handle it properly.

Greater Manchester Police has admitted that the focus in Rochdale was on tackling volume crime such as robbery and burglary.

The force simply did not recognise how to respond to child sexual exploitation on this scale.