Our client was repeatedly sexually abused as a young teenager by grooming gangs in the local area after being placed in a children’s home by social services.
Social services acknowledged at the time, that the individual was at risk of being exploited having come into care having previously been sexually exploited in the area. The police failed to convict the perpetrators following disclosure of the abuse at the time.
The perpetrators were not viable defendants for a civil claim and no abuse was conducted by employees of the local authority. The claim was brought 10 years after limitation expired.
Danielle Vincent, Senior Associate in the Abuse Team represented the client to achieve settlement against the local authority prior to issuing the claim.
