Report Expected to Criticise Police and Social Workers.
The BBC website states that a report into the collapse of one of Scotland's biggest child sex abuse inquiries is expected to criticise police and social workers. Seven men and a 75-year-old woman were arrested two years ago as part of Operation Haven - an inquiry into alleged abuse on the island of Lewis. All of the charges were dropped by the Crown Office last summer. Four police forces from across the UK arrested the adults in a series of dawn raids in 2003. They were accused of sexual offences against three girls on the island. Western Isles Council called in the Social Work Inspection Agency to analyse the handling of the investigation after the charges were dropped. However, it is believed inspectors will reveal that the three girls at the centre of the case were sexually abused over a number of years. They are expected to be critical of the social workers' response and the lack of experience of the investigators (more). You can read the report here