A grooming gang victim has alleged she was taken into the Houses of Parliament as a teenager to be presented for sexual services to a senior politician.The woman, Amelia – not her real name – says she was sexually exploited in Oldham during the town’s grooming gangs crisis and was transported to Westminster by one of her abusers between 2001 and 2002, The Sun has reported.”The man told me to tell people I was his niece, so I just walked right in with him, there was no security or anything,” Amelia told the newspaper. She said she was introduced to a prominent political figure, whose name she recalls but did not recognise at the time.”It was clear to me that I was being taken to meet someone to see if they liked me and wanted sexual services from me,” she said.Amelia alleges she was later sent to upmarket Manchester hotels during what she now recognises as party conferences, where she was forced to provide sexual services to multiple men.She further claims she was trafficked to hundreds of men as a teenager, including police officers.At the age of 16, she alleges she was taken to a Manchester hotel where she had sex with a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer who showed her his identification badge.Amelia claims she was taken to Westminster by one of her abusers between 2001 and 2002 | GETTYShe also claims the same officer later collected her from her mother’s home and drove her to a local beauty spot, where they had sex in his vehicle.In a separate incident, Amelia alleges that at 17 she was found intoxicated and injured by another uniformed officer, who then took her into a police station and had sex with her in an interview room.”My abusers knew where my family lived and would ring them if I didn’t turn up. I felt they were under threat,” she said.GMP has acknowledged failings in its handling of Amelia’s case.
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Greater Manchester Police has acknowledged failings in its handling of Amelia’s case | GettyAn internal report provided to her in January, seen by The Sun, described the conduct of two officers as “unacceptable” and said both required improvement.GMP also admitted it failed to record her complaint that her case was being “covered up because it involved high profile politicians and policemen”, describing the omission as “not acceptable” and confirming procedures have since been amended.”GMP acknowledge the failings that have been noted in this report and apologise,” the report reads.However, her complaints about how officers handled her allegations of sexual abuse by police were not upheld, with the force concluding an “acceptable service” had been provided.Amelia reported her allegations to her local MP Jim McMahon in 2023 | HOUSE OF COMMONSThe report also notes that Amelia declined to identify her abusers, making investigation impossible – a claim she disputes, saying she named perpetrators and accompanied officers to locations where the abuse took place.Amelia reported her allegations to her local MP Jim McMahon in 2023, who contacted Parliamentary Security.Her case was mistakenly referred to the Parliamentary Liaison and Investigation Team – which protects MPs – rather than being investigated as a criminal matter.She later received an apology, and the case was passed to Parliament’s safeguarding lead, who advised her to contact police.A House of Commons spokesman said: “We recognise the frustration expressed by the individual and the seriousness of the allegations.“When concerns such as these are raised, the House Administration is required to direct to the relevant external body, in accordance with Parliament’s safeguarding policy – this is because the House of Commons has no statutory role in the investigation of historic safeguarding concerns.”