Sadiq Khan blasted as 'not fit for office' over reports girls are sexually exploited by gangs operating across London

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/sadiq-khan-blasted-not-fit-for-office-london-gangs

"Susan Hall said the London Mayor has 'serious questions to answer' about what was known

Sadiq Khan has been blasted as "not fit for office" after a BBC investigation has uncovered evidence that vulnerable young women and girls, are being drawn into sexual exploitation by gangs operating across London.

Survivors told investigators they had been subjected to rape by multiple men as a form of "payment" for drug debts accumulated by the criminal groups controlling them. Others described being groomed specifically for sexual purposes.

The findings emerged from weeks of interviews with dozens of individuals in the capital, including five women who survived gang-related violence.

Beyond sexual exploitation, the investigation revealed how groups of men entice girls into drug dealing, weapons trafficking and phone theft.

A Metropolitan Police officer described young females as occupying the "lowest rung" within gang hierarchies, groomed and exploited "for everything".

Susan Hall, leader of the Conservatives in London City Hall, expressed horror at the revelations, telling GB News: "I am horrified by the disturbing reports of teens being exploited by gangs for sex, which up until recently has been ignored by the authorities."

Mrs Hall said conversations with survivors had revealed similar accounts, adding: "It breaks my heart to think about what those young girls and boys have been through."

"The Mayor and authorities across London have serious questions to answer about what they know...We must see action to tackle this evil."

Head of Reform UK London Laila Cunningham told GB News: "What this BBC investigation lays bare is horrific. Girls as young as 13 being passed between men, drugged, raped, and treated as 'the lowest rung.' That was happening in London while Sadiq Khan told us repeatedly it wasn’t.

“I always knew this was happening. I knew it from reading the transcripts of girls abused outside London in places such as Oxford. There was never any credible reason to believe London was somehow different.

"But Londoners were told grooming gangs of that type did not exist here. The Mayor said there was ‘no indication’. The Police and Crime Commissioner repeated it. Now, after public pressure, the Commissioner admits he is reviewing thousands of cases and says this has ‘always been a problem’...."