in the spring of 2020, a 19—year—old barrow girl called ellie williams published a harrowing facebook post that would send shock waves through her community. they put lit petrol rags and threatening letters through my letterbox. tried to drown me, strangled me. they've abused me in every way possible. this has been years of me being trafficked to places across manchester, yorkshire, lancashire and cumbria. these are mostly pakistani men, and some are business—owners. i rememberfirst seeing everything on social media, the post that she put on and all the bruising, etc. and of course it's just heartbreaking. and when you see that, you want to get some kind ofjustice. a woman from barrow claimed on facebook that she was - the victim of grooming gangs. she said she'd been being abused and trafficked across the north of england for sex for years.