Greater Manchester Police, Council and Local Cllrs let local schoolgirl and her family down.

 

Many Standish residents will have seen the story that a Standish High School girl was tried to be grabbed by male residents that are from abroad and living in the Britannia Hotel at Almond Brook. They also carried out intimidating and unappropriated behaviour towards her. But the attempting grabbing is of more serious concern.

What is equally shocking is the police (GMP) have done little to protect this female, investigate the crime and also support the local community. Now Greater Manchester police have put out a press release, I have seen this via a local Cllrs website site, that basically calls this now scared schoolgirl a liar. What a disgrace!

We know that there was at least one witness as a local man that helped the girl and walked her home for her own safety. Have the police been to him and got a statement from him? Have they even taken a statement off this scared and frightened girl? I bet not!

Now in their statement, they say that the matter is closed and in another earlier social media post, they said no arrests were made and the men concerned have been spoken to. Are they serious? Really is that it? Many that follow the blog will remember that when I served the ex-Chief Executive of Wigan Council with High Court summons she rang the police and got 7 officers to come for me in the middle of night lift me from my house and drag me to Bury police station. They claimed harassment for serving high court summons. That is right I just served a high court summons on the chief exec of Wigan Council. I took GMP to the high court and won. So why is it ok for one of their mates to call in a favour for being served high courts summons and lock an innocent gentleman up for 23.5 hours, assault him and in the end an ambulance had to be called for me but it is not an arrestable offence for someone to try and grab a schoolgirl? Intimidate her, scare her? This shows the police have failed this girl and her family and the local community.

The local MP Lisa Nandy has been reported in a regional newspaper saying that she does not believe that the hotel should be used for asylum seekers ( I am agreeing at this point) but then says the reason is that the hotel is not suitable for the asylum seekers ( now she has lost me and I cannot agree with this, for the reason the hotel is not suitable for them)  she seems to have no concerns for the local community she is meant to represent. I for one now – who has a daughter that goes to school – have put steps in place to put extra protection in place for her, inc me walking to pick her up from school. I know other parents are doing the same as there are worried about their own children’s safety with the predators in the community.

I can hear the racist cries from the establishment lot. This is not an immigration issue this is about the safety of our children. If it was white males that were doing this kind of behaviour the local community would be calling it out the same, and quite rightly too, but the same question-does keep appearing on social media sites and that is, “if this was white males doing this would they be arrested or just spoken to like the lot in the hotel?” I for one doubt it. So why one rule for one and another rule for others? Where is equality?

The mum of the girl concerned is not taking this lightly and nor should she. She, her daughter and her family must have the support of the local community and we should call out and hold those responsible to account for not supporting her, the police, the council, local Cllrs etc.

Even if there was no crime, which I do not believe as there are witnesses to it, the police should never call or suggest she is a liar. She has enormous courage to report something like this. What message does that send out if it happens to anyone else? Would they be as brave as this girl and her family or would they be worried the police and establishment would call them a liar? Shame on Greater Manchester Police, Local Council and Local Cllrs and I say let's all get behind the family as the community is doing and highlight this issue and support the schoolgirl
, her family and also try and stop this happening again.