Sex abuse in Rotherham. Police outside Rotherham Town Hall as a meeting is held by the council about the response to a report by Professor Alexis Jay that outlined details of exploitation over a 16-year period of girls who were raped, trafficked, threatened with extreme violence and ignored by the statutory authorities in Rotherham. Picture date: Wednesday September 3, 2014. See PA story INQUIRY Rotherham. Photo credit should read: Lynne Cameron/PA Wire URN:20804697