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Teachers and youth workers were discouraged from reporting child exploitation and offenders were emboldened, with exploitation continuing for years.
The Independent Inquiry into Telford Child Exploitation has been investigating widespread grooming in the town from 1989 to the present day.
It found the men would meet girls, either in the street or in their role as taxi drivers or food delivery drivers, and persuade them to be their "girlfriend".
They would give the children lifts, buy alcohol and cigarettes for them and then persuade them to engage in sexual activity. Children were led to believe this was normal behaviour.
The report finds that child sexual exploitation thrived unchecked in Telford for decades. It was not hidden and key agencies were aware of it in detail.
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