Carolann Gallon, 22, said sexual abuse of vulnerable young women was ‘self-inflicted’ after she had plied them with alcohol and drugsA woman who took vulnerable teenagers to be drugged and sexually exploited by a Newcastle grooming gang has been jailed for more than six years. Two of her victims were in care when she brought them to be abused, Newcastle crown court heard. When she was arrested, she told police: “It’s self-inflicted; I’ve got no sympathy.”Newcastle grooming gang members jailed for up to 29 years Read moreHer prison sentence came at the end of a week in which 16 other members of the 18-strong Newcastle grooming gang were handed lengthy jail terms for offences including drugging, trafficking and sexually exploiting their young victims. The gang were brought to trial following an unprecedented and strongly criticised police investigation in which a convicted rapist was paid £10,000 to inform on the gang. The 18th and final member of the grooming gang will be sentenced on Monday.

Source: The Guardian September 08, 2017 15:56 UTC