As the true scale of the involvement of South Yorkshire Police officers in the Rotherham grooming gangs scandal is revealed, one victim - just 14 at the time - tells her horrific story
Nor will she forget the steady stream of male strangers who were allowed into the fetid bedroom to systematically rape and abuse her.
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