Rochdale grooming beast wanted to marry me when I was at school - why is he free?

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Amelia was just a child when she met her abuser in Rochdale town centre in 2009. Still dressed in her uniform, the schoolgirl was flattered by the older boy who asked for her number.

Except he wasn’t a boy. The teenager who showered her with gifts was actually a man in his 30s. Amelia didn’t know it then, but a nightmare was about to unfold.

Last week, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police admitted the force were "borderline incompetent" in their handling of Rochdale's notorious grooming scandal.

It's a view shared by 26-year-old Amelia, whose name we have changed to protect her identity. She was not among the 47 girls identified by police as victims, and her abuser was never prosecuted. READ MORE: Parents of six-week-old baby say they are 'furious' with Bolton hospital after being prescribed 'potentially fatal' dose This week, after she told the Manchester Evening News that she felt her case was never taken seriously, Greater Manchester Police said the force 'apologises to all those vulnerable children who feel they were let down by police not thoroughly investigating child sexual offences in the past'.