Daily Mail
November 22, 2014
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of sexually exploiting children in Rotherham as part of an ongoing investigation into historical allegations.
The men, aged 35 and 39, were arrested today on suspicion of committing a number of sexual offences against underage girls between 1990 and 2001.
It comes after the Jay report earlier this year revealed that at least 1,400 children were abused by gangs of men, predominantly of Pakistani origin, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, between 1997 and 2013.
Today’s arrests were made after search warrants were executed at five properties in the Goole area of East Yorkshire.
Police said attempts are currently being made to transfer the men to South Yorkshire for interview.
The arrests come Professor Alexis Jay’s report into historic sex abuse in the South Yorkshire Town in which she criticised the way in which police and Rotherham Council dealt with complaints from teenage girls who said they had been raped and trafficked by gangs of mainly Asian men.
The controversy that followed the publication of the report led to a series of high-profile resignations including Rotherham council leader Roger Stone, council chief executive Martin Kimber and council director of children’s services Joyce Thacker.
The most high-profile resignation was that of South Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright, who was the Rotherham councillor overseeing children’s services between 2005 and 2010.