Rotherham abuse: outcry over anonymity for police officer

MP criticises watchdog report for failing to name ‘paid professionals who let down victims and survivors’

Rotherham Police Station
(Image credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The MP for Rotherham says she finds it “difficult to believe” that anonymity has been granted to a police officer mentioned in a report on failings in the treatment of sex abuse victims in the town.

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