Rupert Lowe Releases 200-Page Grooming Gangs Report as Crowdfunder Tops $1.1 Million
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 17
Rupert Lowe Releases 200-Page Grooming Gangs Report as Crowdfunder Tops $1.1 Million
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 17
Summary
Rupert Lowe published a 200-page independent report accusing British authorities of active or passive consent in organized child sexual exploitation and urging tougher sentences, deportations and possible private prosecutions of officials.
More than 23,000 donors gave about $1.1 million to fund the inquiry, a sign of public distrust that Lowe says makes a government-led investigation insufficient.
The report says victims could total at least 250,000 based on national extrapolation, but that figure is unverified; it also argues Pakistani-heritage Muslim men were overrepresented in some cases.
Baroness Louise Casey’s 2025 audit likewise found major institutional failures and said ethnicity data was missing for two-thirds of perpetrators, though local police data showed disproportionate numbers of Asian suspects in some areas.
The government says its statutory national inquiry, launched in April 2026, already has legal powers to examine failures and cover-ups, while Keir Starmer rejects critics' claims that he mishandled the scandal.