>Brave grooming gang survivor Fiona Goddard waived her automatic right to anonymity as a rape victim because she “refuses to be ashamed” of the criminal actions of others.
>And she says it is crucial that she tells her harrowing story of rape and abuse whilst living in a children’s home at the age of 14 so the public understand the full horrors of a case that saw her abusers jailed for a total of 132 years.
>She was one of two teenage girls targeted by a gang of nine depraved sex monsters who used drink, drugs and violence to groom and sexually exploit them.
>The allegations came to light in 2014 when Fiona saw a report on the Rotherham abuse scandal and realised it was what had happened to her.
>But after going to the police it took five years for the case to reach trial – leaving her abusers to continue living in her community.