Over 1,000 children in Telford were sexually exploited, inquiry finds

Offenders emboldened' by failure of authorities to investigate, says three-year investigation into scandal

More than a thousand children in Telford were sexually exploited over decades amid the failure of authorities to investigate emboldened offenders", an independent inquiry into the scandal has concluded.

The three-year investigation by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) found that exploitation was allowed to continue for years and children, rather than perpetrators, were often blamed.