A detective in the Rotherham abuse case was recorded by an alleged victim saying police wouldn’t give evidence in case they got in trouble for not acting sooner, a court heard. . . .
The woman, who is now 30, is said to have told police that she had been found having sex with Hussain aged just 14.
The age of consent in the UK is 16.
She asked police to look into whether there were any records from the police who found her, showing she was with the defendant, the Sheffield Star reported.
But, in a transcript provided to the jury, DC Lee Robinson said: ‘If they walked in there and they saw you were having sex on the floor and they know you’re only 14 and they’ve seen this Asian male, if they put that in a statement, they know full well they’re going to get in the s*** because why didn’t they do something about that?’
He went on: ‘It may be that if we went to speak to that person, they might turn around and say, “I didn’t see anything like that”,’ the court heard.