'We need the excuses to stop!' Parent of grooming gangs victim gives heartwrenching plea to Government
08 December 2025
A parent of a grooming gangs victim gave a heartwrenching plea to the Government this morning.Speaking after the Tories made their announcement to launch an "alternative rape gangs inquiry", parent Teresa said: "We just need things to move on. "And we need openness and honesty in all this. And we just need all the excuses to stop and this move forward because my son's no longer here. "How many other victims/survivors are not here to see the justice all the time it's being delayed?"People are falling away and we are losing confidence in our local councils and the Government. You know, there's nothing. We're not getting nothing. It's just a standstill. And we feel that it's being denied. "They are moving away from the issues of who is committing these crimes, because it is, at the end of the day, is a crime."WATCH CLIP ABOVE FOR MORE