Scandal-hit council bosses who turned blind eye to Asian sex gangs in Rotherham escape disciplinary action
COUNCIL bosses who turned a blind eye to Asian sex gangs will not face disciplinary action.
A three-year probe into how 1,400 girls were abused in Rotherham found that no one was to blame.
She said: “How is Rotherham meant to have confidence that this will never happen again?”
Six reports have been published by the council in the wake of Prof Alexis Jay’s 2014 report, which revealed Asian gangs were allowed to prey on young white girls between 1997 and 2013.
They found former council chief exec Ged Fitzgerald and former head of children and families Jacqueline Wilson “each missed opportunities to have changed the outcomes”.
Council leader Roger Stone was trying to avoid race riots, it stated.
The report added: “We have found no culpable behaviour which could justify any form of legal action or regulatory involvement of any kind.”
Sexism at town hall
THE investigation revealed how sexism at the town hall at Rotherham hampered the council’s response to the unfolding abuse.
Female workers were allegedly groped and propositioned in bars. One female staffer was said to be “only good for cooking, washing and darning”. Another was told: “I’m getting a bit of a taste for you.”
One worker was said to have remarked: “I want t**s and teeth in my team”, while the mayor allegedly boasted: “It’s my right to kiss all the pretty officers.”
- THIRTEEN people have been jailed for their part in the abuse, including Arshid Hussain and his three brothers Basharat, Bannaras and Sageer.