1/ In January 2008, PC Neil Sampson walked towards a man with a knife. He took seven stab wounds doing it.
His dog Anya, already bleeding, kept hold of the attacker so her handler could live.

That same man, Essa Suleiman stabbed two people yesterday in a terror attack in Golders Green.

Here’s what happened next. 🧵 2/ In January 2008, PC Neil Sampson walked towards a man with a knife. He took seven stab wounds doing it – four to the back of the head, one through the lip, two in the leg. His dog Anya, already bleeding herself, kept hold of the attacker so her handler could live.

Today the Southport Inquiry published its findings.
I’m not talking about the agencies right now.
I’m talking about his parents.
Because somebody fucking has to.
I’m a former detective. 21 yrs in the force, I know what I’m looking at🧵👇 I’m already seeing it.
“Oh but it must have been SO hard for them.”
“They were in an IMPOSSIBLE position.”
“What were they SUPPOSED to do?”
I’ll tell you what they were supposed to do.
Their job as parents.
That’s fucking what. 😤

1/ ⚠️ This thread is graphic and detailed. It contains descriptions of child rape, torture and institutional cover-up.
It is also entirely documented and sourced.
It will tell you what has been done to girls in this country, why it was allowed to continue, and why today's inquiry is not enough.

PLEASE read it all. You need to read it all. 💾🧵

#RapeGangs #GroomingGangs #OpenJusticeUK #Justice #RapeGangInquiry 2/ They're calling it a grooming gang inquiry.
Let's be clear. Grooming was the process.
What came after was rape.
Systematic, repeated, organised rape of children.
Not grooming. Rape.
Today the government launched its rape gang inquiry. Three years. March 2029.

I’m a former CID detective.

I spent 21 years inside the British criminal justice system.

And I’m done staying quiet.

A thread. 🧵 I investigated serious crime. Domestic abuse.
Sexual offences.
Murders and attempts.
Stranger rapes.
Paedophile cases.

The kinds of cases that stay with you long after the file is closed.

Those years taught me something most people never see.

How the system really works. And how often it fails. 🧵

On Monday this government voted to let a single judge — no jury — decide , amongst many other crimes , sexual assault cases involving children.

I’m a retired detective.

I built those cases.

Here’s what they’re not telling you. 🧵 304 MPs voted to scrap your right to a jury trial.
203 voted against.
90 of Labour’s own MPs abstained.
Ninety. His own side couldn’t bring themselves to support it. 🧵 2/10