Andy Burham has apologised to victims after the release of the Rochdale report, saying: ‘We are sorry you were so badly failed by a system that should have protected you.’
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He thanked them for their courage in coming forward and said Manchester authorities must face up ‘fully and unflinchingly’ to what had happened in order to bring about the ‘whole-system culture change’ that was required. Burnham also spoke of an incident in which Greater Manchester police (GMP) secretly took the aborted foetus of a 13-year-old grooming victim in order to do a DNA test without telling the girl or her parents. He asked for the incident to be reviewed alongside GMP’s current practices and training arrangements.
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