[England] The Grooming Clear-out? I Think Not.

[BIAD]

If every ME or North African got arrested for nothing, then that is a problem.
HOWEVER, not arresting them when they have clearly broken the law is the same racism.
At some point this garbage will trigger a reaction from otherwise law abiding citizens who have had enough.
Those are never pretty. Laws need to be applied equally. If they are not, then it becomes an instrument of tyranny.

I agree.
(From March 2019)

Police failings shock: Blunders see gang accused of trafficking and raping girls walk free

Northumbria Police's Operation Optic, an investigation into the sexual abuse and exploitation of vulnerable girls,
has ended in embarrassing failure.

'Police failings have led to the dramatic collapse of a series of trials against a group of men accused of trafficking,
grooming and raping girls in Newcastle. A number of people were with extremely serious offences as part of
Northumbria Police's Operation Optic, which involved allegations of vulnerable girls being sexually exploited and
abused.



Reporting restrictions have meant we were unable to report anything about the cases until a series of three trials
were complete. The first trial has been taking place at Newcastle Crown Court since January but, we can now reveal,
has been beset with problems and five separate juries have been sworn in to try the case.

However, it has now emerged that police failings on how evidence was recorded, secured and disclosed to defence
teams left prosecutors with no alternative but to drop the case against all defendants.
As a result, all of those who were standing trial or were due to stand trial, have been acquitted of all charges and
walked free.

It is estimated the police blunders will have cost taxpayers huge sums after the four-year investigation ended in
embarrassing failure. Police said they have apologised to the complainants in the case and are carrying out a review.

Chief Superintendent Scott Hall, head of Northumbria Police’s safeguarding department, said:
“First and foremost, I want to acknowledge the bravery of the victims in these cases and we
remain committed to ensuring they receive any support they may require.

"We have visited each to apologise for police failings which resulted in the cases not going ahead at court.
"These centred around how some evidence had been secured without meeting strict guidelines governing investigations.
"We will now conduct a review to understand how the failings occurred and it would therefore be inappropriate to
comment any further at this stage.”

It is understood that, independent of the wider review, Northumbria Police's professional standards department are
conducting an investigation and if any misconduct issues are identified as a result, these will be addressed appropriately.

Operation Optic came about as a result of Operation Sanctuary, for which seventeen men and one woman were jailed in
2017 for the sexual abuse and exploitation of girls and young women in Newcastle.

The case against the men who had been on trial since January collapsed on Monday but we had to wait until the charges
were dropped against the other defendants before we could report what had happened.
On Monday, trial judge Robert Adams told jurors: "There has been a significant development in this court.

"The prosecution have a duty to review the case continually during the trial, against each defendant.
"In respect of counts where there is no evidence at all, you have already returned not guilty verdicts.
"In respect of the remaining counts, there was some evidence given by the complainant to you but in
respect of each allegation, you may have concluded there were some problems concerning the
evidence given by (the complainant).

"During last week a number of officers were cross-examined about the investigation process in relation to the recording
of inquiries made, or, as the case may be, not made. "The investigation must be transparent and must be fair.
"There must be integrity and the process must be able to stand up to scrutiny.
"Very properly, prosecutors have reviewed the case and concluded there is no reasonable prospect of a proper conviction
in respect of any individual."
The judge directed the jury to find the men not guilty on all charges.

A CPS spokesperson said: “During the course of this trial, it emerged that some of the evidence in these cases had not
been secured in accordance with the strict guidelines governing police investigations.
“Given the significance of the issues that came to light, there was no longer a realistic prospect of securing a conviction
in each case and the Crown took the appropriate decision to formally offer no evidence against the defendants.”...'

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More involving sex...

Sex attacker caught in Operation Sanctuary offends again after authorities failed to deport him

Nigerian Moses Ologbenla was jailed as part of Operation Sanctuary for an attack in 2014
-but remains in the country and has now admitted another offence.

'A sex attacker who was supposed to be deported from the UK after abusing a schoolgirl has offended again.
Nigerian Moses Ologbenla was jailed for six years in 2014, for sexual activity with a child, after he and another
man plied two schoolgirls with drink and drugs and subjected them to vile sex attacks.

His co-accused Hafeez Cole Oye-Dada was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl after “cynically exploiting” her
by giving her alcohol and cannabis. He was jailed for 10 years.


Moses Ologbenla. 2nd Image: Left -Hafeez Cole Oye-Dada, jailed for rape of schoolgirl.
Right -Moses Ologbenla, jailed for sexual activity with a child.

Both men, arrested as part of Northumbria Police's Operation Sanctuary, were in the country illegally having
overstayed their visas and were supposed to be deported after serving their prison sentences, a court heard.
However Ologbenla is still here, and has gone on to commit a further offence in Middlesbrough.

He created almost 40 undisclosed user names for online use - breaching his notification requirements.
Teesside Magistrates' Court heard that the user names Ologbenla was using were linked to sites that also sold
fraudulent credit card details, reports TeessideLive.

The registered sex offender pleaded guilty to failing to comply with notification requirements at the court on Monday.
No details relating to his deportation were discussed at the hearing. 

John Garside, prosecuting, said Ologbenla was put on the sex offenders register after being sentenced at Newcastle
Crown Court on August 5, 2014, for sexual activity with a child.
"He must provide police with notification requirements and he must register user names within three days of creation",
he said. He added that he "understands these requirements".

But on December 23, last year Ologbenla's devices were checked by officers, in Middlesbrough.
"A laptop, an iPhone and a Galaxy mobile phone were checked and various undisclosed user names were found on
the devices", Mr Garside said. "In total 38 user names were found. Police said they were linked to sites where you
can buy fraudulent credit card details."

He added that there was "no evidence the user names were used in any criminal activity".
Ologbenla was told by magistrates that due to the severity of the offence, sentencing would have to be transferred to
a crown court. In mitigation, Damian Sabino, defending, said he "co-operated fully and gave an explanation" as to why
the user names were created, and reiterated there was no evidence they were made to commit a crime.

"The user names were created in order to view films, watch football and answer surveys", Mr Sabino said. "It's his first breach.
"He went to prison and came out, and he didn't believe he was committing a crime."
Ologbenla, who now lives at St Margaret's Terrace in Bradford, was released on bail and will appear before Teesside
Crown Court for sentencing...'

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