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Hours. 0ne quite a lot in the last couple of hours. One of the things that is interesting about this story is the sun has focused on the amount of money that this individual was paid, who himself was convicted of drugging and raping a girl and inviting a pal tojoin in. Somebody with that kind of condition was put amongst very vulnerable girls. I draw upon one of the bbc interviews, with the person who led the prosecutions into the rochdale grooming gang. The line i seized upon is this idea, he said it was something he would never have sanctioned, putting a predator along with other predators alone with prey and not being in a position to manage the risk to children. Are we speaking without knowing the full details of knowing how the investigation was conducted and knowing the full details. Victims of grooming who probably at some time didnt know they were victims of anything. They thought they were friends of the perpetrators. Put yourself in the shoes of the Police Officers who know t