Overview
- The Metropolitan Police has launched a review of 9,000 potential group-based child sexual abuse cases dating back to 2010.
- Rowley told the London Assembly the current caseload includes tens of complex group-based investigations the public would recognise as grooming gangs.
- He estimates 2,000 to 3,000 historical cases will need reinvestigation over several years, with at least 60 to 80 specialist officers required.
- The London Assembly voted to press the government to accelerate the national grooming-gangs inquiry and to fund the Met’s large-scale review.
- Mayor Sadiq Khan declined to apologise when challenged over earlier remarks suggesting there were no reported cases or indications of grooming gangs in London.