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I never gave my consent : a schoolgirl's life inside the Telford sex ring

Archer, Holly2016
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In 2013, a series of high-profile court cases sent shockwaves through the West Midlands town of Telford. Seven men, all from the town's Pakistani heritage community, were jailed for selling vulnerable young girls for sex. The convictions made national news, but for one girl the chilling headlines were all too real. Holly was just fourteen when her life changed forever after becoming embroiled in a frightening web of exploitation and abuse. Enduring countless violent rapes and death threats, she was forced to sleep with several men a night. As her abusers' grip tightened, she fell into despair, twice becoming pregnant. Hours after her last GCSE exam, she took an overdose in a desperate attempt to end the nightmare that had become her life. Her escape eventually came when, old enough to leave home, she fled to Birmingham.
Main title:
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Collation:
276 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9781471157028 (pbk)1471157024 (pbk)9781471157035 (ebook)
Dewey class:
B ARC
LC class:
HV6569.G7
Language:
English
BRN:
292398
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