Sara Rowbotham
Sara Rowbotham is a Labour Councillor for North Middleton in Rochdale[1] In January she was appointed deputy leader of Rochdale Borough Council. [2]
Between 2004 and 2014, she worked for the Rochdale Crisis Intervention Team for the NHS and played a key role in exposing the Rochdale child sex abuse ring and helping bring the perpetrators to court.[3]
As a front line sexual health worker, who led the NHS crisis team, she made 181 referrals detailing the abuse and sexual grooming of young people between 2005 and 2011.[4] In 2012 she told the Rochdale inquiry her bosses had ignored scores of warnings that girls were being groomed and sexually exploited.[4]
When she was made redundant (2017) more than 22,000 people signed a petition calling for her to be formally recognized for her services to Rochdale community.[5]
She was portrayed in Three Girls, a BBC drama about the Rochdale child sex abuse ring, by actress Maxine Peake.
References
- ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Sara Rowbotham". Democracy.rochdale.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ^ "Rochdale News | News Headlines | Councillors Sara Rowbotham and Daalat Ali appointed deputy leaders of Rochdale Borough Council". Rochdale Online. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ^ "Who is Sara Rowbotham? Maxine Peake's Three Girls character in profile". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ^ a b "Three Girls: who is Sara Rowbotham? The sexual health worker behind the uncovering of the Rochdale child-abuse scandal". Telegraph.co.uk. 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ^ "Thousands sign petition for Sara Rowbotham to be recognised for exposing Rochdale grooming scandal". Manchester Evening News. 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
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