The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police has admitted the force were "borderline incompetent" in their handling of the Rochdale grooming gangs.
Stephen Watson also said that officers working for the police force at the time "parked an element of professional curiosity" in the way it dealt with the issue.
He said it was something he had been assured is now "radically different." It comes after GMP agreed to pay substantial damages to three victims.
All were children when they were repeatedly raped and sexually abused by gangs of men in Rochdale. READ MORE: Rochdale grooming gang victims failed by GMP receive apology and 'substantial' payout Mr Watson also offered the women an in-person apology for the police failings in their cases - namely mistakes in not investigating the abusers, and often treating the girls as perpetrators and not victims.
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