A happy child from a loving family, Christina was 14 when she fell into the clutches of an evil child sex ring. Ironically, I thought I was the one in the wrong.”If Christina ever tried to refuse the gang, her family and their home were targeted. I turned my life around.”Two years after her release, her police statement was found at the back of a filing cabinet, and Operation Tendersea, the investigation into the grooming gang was launched. “If the government won’t speak out and help young girls, then I will.”But Christina remains haunted by the ghosts of her younger years and says support for the abuse victims isn't good enough. We were just left to swim – or sink.”Read Christina’s full story in her book Groomed By A Gang (£8.99, Mirror Books).

Source: The Times January 09, 2025 15:26 UTC