A Hidden Network of Abuse: "The Lambeth Child Exploitation Case"

"Drugged, Tortured and Sexually Assaulted". Damning report exposes horror of Lambeth children’s homes going back decades. When children reported complaints at the time, they were routinely disbelieved. Children who complained about mistreatment were disbelieved and dismissed, according to the inquiry. It said 705 former residents had made allegations of sexual assault, rape and other forms of abuse at three Lambeth children’s homes, and several children reported abuse at the time it occurred. But in four decades, only one staff member was disciplined. The report said many Lambeth Council employees showed “a callous disregard for the vulnerable children they were paid to look after,” and that “racism was evident in the hostile and abusive treatment” received by Black children in the council’s care. Victims were "drugged, tortured and sexually assaulted" by "very many paedophiles". For several decades, senior staff and councillors at Lambeth Council failed to effect change, despite overwhelming evidence that children in its care did not have the quality of life and protection to which they were entitled, and were being put at serious risk of sexual abuse. When children reported complaints at the time, they were routinely disbelieved. The report estimated the number of those abused was likely much higher and recommended the Metropolitan Police should consider whether there were grounds for a criminal investigation into one boy who died in a care home in 1977, having previously complained of being abused by a senior member of staff. Examples: 'Racism' The inquiry found that “racism was evident in the hostile and abusive treatment” received by Black children in the council’s care. "There were many black children in Lambeth Council’s care. In Shirley Oaks in 1980, 57 per cent of children in its care were black. During 1990 and 1991, 85 per cent of children who lived at South Vale were black," the report noted. The report urged police to consider whether there were grounds for a criminal investigation into the death of one boy, who killed himself in a care home in 1977 after alleging abuse by a senior staff member. Lambeth’s current leader, Claire Holland, said the council was “deeply sorry” for the “shocking” abuse. LA-A147 was in the care of Lambeth Council in the 1990s and 2000s, from the age of three. Over ten years, she was placed in nine children’s homes and with four sets of foster carers. She described being raped by a foster carer’s teenage son at the age of nine, and was also frequently sexually abused by older men she met whilst in care. By the age of 13, she had developed a drug addiction and was “selling herself” to fund it. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Social Links & Contact Info FACEBOOK -   / maonfb   INSTAGRAM -   / murderanalysed   REDDIT -   / user   Murder Analysed MEMBER'S PROGRAM    / @murderanalysed   INTRO BY ENGLISH GRAVE/AVCM STUDIOS -    / @englishgrave   Podcast https://media.rss.com/letshaveachatab... Contact info: [email protected]