Joan Agoglia broke down in tears as she described her granddaughter’s injuries at a press conference to mark the publication of a review of Operation Augusta.

An independent assurance review of the effectiveness of multi-agency responses to child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester released today has exposed serious faults within a system that should have protected children but instead ignored their pleas for help.

After findings in the GMCA report into child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester in the early 2000s showed authorities to be at fault, GMP have issued a statement.