Minister of Justice warns of “Moment of Billing” to maintain gang scandal

The scandal for the nursing rinds faces a “moment of billing”, the Minister of Justice has warned about sexual exploitation of children before the publication of a national report.

Shabana Mahmood said that people whose trust in the authorities “fundamentally shaken, if not completely broken”, is necessary “truth and reconciliation”.

A “quick” test under the direction of Baroness Louise Casey and the view of the scope of gangs in England and Wales had expected that he should report after Easter.

The Downing Street has announced that the process will complete this month and the results will be published in “proper course”.

In an interview with Spectator Magazine, Ms. Mahmood said that a number of successful persecution against criminals was involved in the scandal.

“But the way this scandal has played asks a greater question, namely that through the criminal justice system (but) you may not have noted an accountability and justice for all victims,” ​​she said.

“And this is because there is still (one) outstanding question why so many people might look in the other direction or why this was not taken up and the importance that was needed.

“And that's why justice would have been delivered technically. But there is another moment when you can calculate.”

She added: “Whether local authorities, pediatric services, police officers, all possible people they can trust, and this trust was fundamentally shaken in some of these places, if not completely broken.”

After a seven -year national investigation by Professor Alexis Jay, which found institutional failures and tens of thousands of victims in England and Wales.

In addition to the national examination that examines the scale, type and profile of group -based abuse, including the characteristics of perpetrators, the government has also announced support for five local inquiries in areas such as Oldham.

However, it has resisted the order recordings to another complete national request, which is about the implementation of recommendations for the report of Prof. Jay 2022 2022.