Vicki Smith

We believe that the scandal of the “family courts” is another Rotherham, but on a global scale and firmly embedded in the Establishment. From the Executive Summary of the Rotherham Report: “Within social care, the scale and seriousness of the problem was underplayed by senior managers.  At an operational level, the Police gave no priority to CSE, regarding many child victims with contempt and failing to act on their abuse as a crime. Further stark evidence came in 2002, 2003 and 2006 with three reports known to the Police and the Council, which could not have been clearer in their description of the situation in Rotherham.  The first of these reports was effectively suppressed because some senior officers disbelieved the data it contained.  This had led to suggestions of coverup. The other two reports set out the links between child sexual exploitation and drugs, guns and criminality in the Borough. These reports were ignored and no action was taken to deal with the issues that were identified in them.” Thank you @AdvocateHalley: we are reading your Note to the SCAI. @SheraFamily @whywomen @HWistrich @joannaccherry @UNSRVAW @FiLiAHagueMums @FiLiA_charity @bindelj @jk_rowling @ACT_ACT