ShredderLivesOn on Nostr: And in some cases, victims were even treated them like criminals, which meant that ...

And in some cases, victims were even treated them like criminals, which meant that very few were prepared to speak out.

Police dismissed the victims as liars, thieves, teenage prostitutes, or that they were even "asking for it", as they were largely from troubled backgrounds. Some of the girls who attempted to report what happened to them, found themselves arrested and charged with other crimes, such as drug possession or being found to be carrying a weapon.