23/02/2026
Our inquiry panel has heard extensive and deeply distressing testimony from a r**e gang survivor detailing prolonged and extreme abuse, exploitation and trafficking beginning in childhood and continuing over a number of years across multiple locations in the United Kingdom. The survivor has provided detailed, consistent, and specific evidence over an extended period of engagement with our inquiry. Elements of her account have been independently corroborated through presented documentation and vast evidence. The panel is also aware of additional material and supporting information that strengthens the credibility of the survivor’s account and warrants urgent and comprehensive investigation by the relevant statutory authorities. We believe, as does she, that the public deserves to know the truth about the r**e gangs. The survivor’s gang r**e and abuse began at 12, she was r**ed multiple times per day over many years. The r**es were filmed and were used as blackmail. The survivor has stated that multiple police officers were active perpetrators - money was exchanged openly and this destroyed her ability and willingness to seek help. Police vehicles were used to traffic her and some of the abuse events were called ‘cop nights.’ The extreme pain she suffered included filmed torture in places called ‘red rooms’.
The torture included waterboarding and strangulation by rope. She was r**ed by a dog, filmed, and forced to rewatch the footage as the men placed bets. The co-ordination of this specific type of abuse was predominantly perpetrated by Pakistani-heritage men. During this specific period of abuse, she witnessed the murder of at least three girls, one of whom was allegedly killed as a punishment for speaking to the police force. Our overriding priority is the safety of survivors, and the pursuit of truth and justice without fear or favour.
We believe, along with the survivor herself, that the British people deserve to finally know what has been inflicted on innocent young girls in British towns and cities for many decades.
The R**e Gang Inquiry
Rupert Lowe MP
Esther McVey MP
Graham Smith, Barrister
Sammy Woodhouse
