The horror of organised child sexual abuse and pimping – euphemistically called ‘grooming gangs’ – is back in the news. But unfortunately the victims remain ignored.

These young girls endured horrific abuse, sadistic torture (including gang rape), enforced pregnancies, enforced abortions, sexually transmitted infections and even murder. But the reason that victims’ and survivors’ voices are missing from any discussions about the scandal is that they have effectively been silenced by the local enquiries into the atrocity, as well as the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).