From the Daily Express
Sadiq Khan grooming gang ‘cover-up’ exposed as new evidence revealed
The Daily Express has uncovered shocking evidence of grooming gangs in London
Sadiq Khan has been accused of covering up evidence of grooming gangs in London after an Express investigation. The Mayor of London read reports of young girls being raped in hotels by groups of men while publicly denying there were any grooming gangs in the capital.
Is London repeating the mistakes of Rochdale and Rotherham? A new explosive investigation by the Daily Express and MyLondon exposes evidence of child grooming networks operating in the capital—evidence that Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Metropolitan Police have repeatedly denied exists. We sit down with Rochdale whistleblower, former Detective Maggie Oliver as she dissects years of public record evidence and hears the shocking case studies of child exploitation that, in Oliver’s expert opinion, bear all the hallmarks of grooming gang abuse—and were hiding in plain sight. Watch now to understand the damning evidence, the official denials, and the fight for justice:
The children were also plied with drugs and had their lives threatened, evidence uncovered by the Express and MyLondon shows.
Grooming gang whistleblower Maggie Oliver told the Express that the cases followed “the same pattern” she had seen with Greater Manchester Police’s cover-up of the Rochdale scandal. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp MP, accused Khan of being part of a “cover-up” and called for accountability.
He said: “It is shameful that the Mayor of London is claiming to have no indication that grooming gangs are operating in London despite personally responding to reports containing evidence of victims abused by grooming gangs in the city. It is clear Sadiq Khan is facilitating a cover up.”
Reform UK MP Lee Anderson also said the mayor had “serious questions to answer.” He said: “There is real, credible evidence that grooming gangs exist in London, and for the Mayor to have potentially turned a blind eye is utterly shameful”.
He added that the UK could not “go on making the same catastrophic errors we saw in Rochdale, Rotherham, and all over the country” and demanded victims receive “proper justice”.
