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Police investigations into alleged grooming gangs were dropped because of potential human error, the early stages of a national review into cases has suggested.
Under Operation Beaconport, thousands of alleged child abuse cases that did not result in a suspect being charged are set to be reviewed, with some likely to be reopened and proceeded to the courts.
So far, the National Crime Agency-led review has received 1,273 referrals of cases from 23 police forces, including 236 involving allegations of rape
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