There are calls for strict new checks on vape sellers after a police warning that vape shops and mini marts are being used as fronts to groom schoolchildren.
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We hear from a survivor who was 14 when she was raped by a shop owner who befriended her and her friends in South London.
The man lured the child and her schoolfriends to a back room den with free vapes, some laced with synthetic cannabis. He was already on bail for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old at his previous vape shop.
The lead Met Police detective on the case is urging other victims to come forward.
Warning: this report contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault.
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