In Oxford, England, survivors of childhood grooming gang abuse are living alongside the men who violated them — men who were never charged, never tried, never held to account. Decades after the abuse began, three women have spoken publicly about encountering their abusers in ordinary places: shops, supermarkets, streets. A former detective who led the original investigation agrees that hundreds of perpetrators likely remain free, and a national inquiry has been launched to examine why so many vulnerable children were failed by the institutions meant to protect them. This is a story about the d
Oxford grooming survivors say 'hundreds' of abusers remain free and unpunished
Multiple survivors experienced systematic sexual abuse from childhood, drug addiction, trafficking, and lasting psychological trauma; over 370 children were estimated affected in Oxford alone.