After the horror of what was eventually revealed to have happened in place like Rotherham and Oldham and Bradford, where thousands of girls were repeatedly raped by gangs, plenty of people thought that the same could never happen here.
They were wrong: it is happening here, and now it is playing out in the courts – not because evil gang rapists are being prosecuted but because agencies are seeking care orders and detailing before clearly horrified judges what is happening to teenage girls in care.