LBC caller accuses Shelagh Fogarty of 'whitewashing' grooming gang statistics

16 June 2025, 19:21

LBC caller accuses Shelagh Fogarty of 'whitewashing' grooming gang statistics

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By LBC

Shelagh Fogarty rubbishes caller John's claim as he accuses her of 'whitewashing' grooming gang statistics.

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Caller John accuses of LBC's Shelagh Fogarty of 'whitewashing' grooming gangs statistics, after she disputes his claim that '90-95% of grooming gangs are Pakistani men'.

Shelagh pushes back on John's claims, staunchly arguing that 'plenty of perpetrators are white and plenty of them are women'.

In 2023, 85% of group-based child sexual abuse victims were white, whilst 3% of victims were Asian and 4% were black.

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