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Judge rejects ‘not appropriate’ release of grooming gang trial transcript

A judge has rejected a request to release transcripts from a key grooming gang trial arguing that it would be “contrary to the public interest.”

Activists from campaign group Open Justice UK have been raising money to release sentencing remarks and full court proceedings from the abuse trials.

They argue that “crucial information” about the gangs is being hidden from victims, researchers, and the public, which they allege “blocks wider understanding and prevents meaningful reform.” The group has requested the release of the full transcript from a 2016 trial at Bradford Crown Court for twelve men who sexually exploited a teenage girl in Keighley.

Members of the gang were jailed for the “terrible and heartless” abuse of the girl from the age of 13.

Adam Wren, who runs Open Justice UK, wrote to the court to request the transcripts for the case to “enable accurate public discussion” and to “facilitate informed public awareness of these serious matters.”