By Eric King-
Up to 1,000 children could have fallen victim to child sexual exploitation in Telford over a 40-year-period, the Sunday Mirror reported.
Allan, MP for Telford has called for an independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation in the town after an investigation by the Sunday Mirror gathered allegations of abuse in the Shropshire town involving girls as young as 11 who were drugged, beaten and raped.
The allegations date back to the 1980s in what is said to have been mishandled by authorities and leaving many perpetrators unpunished. was claimed similar abuse is continuing in the area.
Telford’s Conservative MP, Lucy Allan, who is said to have previously called for a Rotherham-style inquiry into the allegations described the latest reports as “extremely serious and shocking”.
“There must now be an independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Telford so that our community can have absolute confidence in the authorities,” she told the paper.
Seven men were jailed in 2013 following Operation ChaliChalice.
Dino Nocivelli, a specialist child abuse solicitor, told the newspaper: “These children were treated as sexual commodities by men who inflicted despicable acts of abuse. The survivors deserve an inquiry.
“They need to know how abuse took place for so long and why so many perpetrators have never been brought to justice.”
Seven men were jailed in 2013 following Operation ChaliChalice which was investigating child prostitution in the area
The paper says authorities were warned of the abuse a decade before Operation