girls.

Both the Crown Prosecution Service and GMP apologised for their
failures aer the conviction.

GMP have since launched further investigations, which have so far resulted in
the conviction of 42 men involved in the abuse of 13 children with more trials
scheduled for later this year.

The report disagreed with GMP's description in 2012 of the investigation at

the time being "comprehensive and effective, mitigating threat risk and harm".

It said the case was "a relatively limited offender-focused investigation that
primarily addressed a small number of perpetrators who had not been
prosecuted following the earlier disclosures in 2008".

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said it would carry out its own
review of the report and would inform GMP "if we identify anything we believe
needs to be referred".

"No child should have to experience, or fear, abuse of any kind," a spokesman
said.

"It is so important for policing to listen to those who have bravely spoken
about their experiences, and to ensure lessons are learned from past
mistakes."

He said "everyone in policing" had a role to play in ensuring survivors get the
support they need.

The review also highlighted that Ms Rowbotham and her team were "explicitly
criticised" for not following child protection procedures and for not
communicating appropriately with other agencies in two serious case reviews
by Rochdale Local Safeguarding Children's Board in 2013.

The serious case reviews focussed on different agencies' roles with regard to
seven children, who were subject to serious and prolonged child sexual
exploitation.

However, more than a year before the publication of those two reports, the
multi-agency CSE group, chaired by GMP, were made aware of 127 potential
victims referred by Ms Rowbotham's team that had not been acted upon.

Three months before the reviews were published in December 2013, the list
had grown to 260 potential victims.

Mr Newsam said that Ms Rowbotham was "unfairly criticised" by both serious

case reviews.