When a child goes missing the effect on the family is traumatic to say the least,but the police stir into action to help locate them.
When your daughter is groomed it's a different ball game,yes while she is considered to be a missing child at risk the police do what they can to locate her but then what?
Back in October when our daughter was located at the home of the perpetrator the police as expected closed the missper case,various agencies were involved and we were told by police that social services would now step in to handle the situation.
Looking back to that fateful day I suppose I knew it was over,chances were I would never see her again,if I was relying on social care to save the day I might as well wait for pigs to start flying.The Social workers in Bristol still to this day have never met her,I don't believe they have any intention of getting involved,the last time she was seen by anyone in authority was during a truancy sweep back in November.I spoke to the person concerned who told me what happened that day and she was understandably concerned for my daughter's safety and wellbeing.
Since then ..nothing,is she still there,is she still being controlled by the man,is she safe,
No-one seems to know and apart from CROP no-one seems to care,I spend hours every week writing to people asking for someone to intervene you see it's not just our daughter,this is a national problem,hundreds of girls in the same situation.
This week will bring 2 TV programs of interest,The Bill is showing a story of a girl groomed on the internet I hope the guy doesn't get convicted.......I would hate for it to be that far-fetched!!!
On Thursday Panorama are hoping to show their program on sexual exploitation,including the experiences of staff at CROP and more importantly the true story of one girls rehabilitation after being lured into an exploitative relationship.
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Until something like this happens to you, you cannot graps how your life is devastated. My daughter was groomed via the internet but i now consider myself lucky after having met other parents who are involved with CROP, as my daughter is still with me.
I came close to her leaving for good but somehow she managed to see this man for what he was. He turned her into someone who looked like my daughter and even sounded like her but he had taken that loving and carefree girl she was before and left me with an aggressive and surly girl, who only cared for the computer and her mobile phone.
Before anyone judges me and tells me i should have banned her from the computer and taken her phone away i did all these things, but she still managed to usen her friends computers and phones you cannot totally eliminate every computer and phone.
Today we wait for the police to decide what is to happen to this man, and i now think he will get away with what he has done. You really feel nobody cares, at one stage i felt like going on a shop lifitng spree at my local shooping centre just to get the polices attention as i am sure i would have faced some form of charges pretty damned quick!
I just hope Bill and Panorama helps raise the publics awareness of what is happening through out the country to so many children.
Thanks ManT for sharing your experience,sexual grooming is a complete nightmare,thank goodness your daughter saw the light before the damage was seriously done to her.
CROP work tirelessly to support parents of exploited girls and are one of the few agencies who really understand what we as parents are going through
Good God! When I read the comment about not wanting the man in The Bill to be convicted and why, I really felt so much despair conveyed in those words. If social services are not acting on their legal responsibilities under the 1989 Children Act, who on earth will? I shall make a note of the Panorama programme.
A very happy Easter.
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