Scotland grooming victim writes letter to First Minister urging further investigation

The intervention comes after GB News revealed Taylor’s story last week, exposing how Police Scotland failed to investigate her abuse by a grooming gang.

Care records seen exclusively by The People's Channel showed that she was identified as being vulnerable to group-based exploitation and that the police had made a “tentative inquiry” to the care home she lived in at the time of her abuse.

The partially redacted records describe many instances of Taylor returning to the unit late at night while intoxicated.

Her notes refer to alcohol and drug “abuse” and described occasions when she would not return to the unit overnight, with the police being called.

She described her horror at realising that the care unit had so much information about her vulnerabilities but appeared to fail to refer it to the police.

“It was quite sickening [reading the files] because I always believed I was in a place like I was cared about, and I actually found out that they actually had an inkling that stuff like that was going on.”

In her letter to the first minister, passed to GB News, Taylor referred to how she was abused “out of flats in the Govanhill and Rutherglen areas in Glasgow,” and described how another girl in the care home was abused alongside her.

She added that she had now taken steps “to make sure that my voice is heard.”

Taylor said that it was “clear” that grooming gang abuse was still happening in Scotland.

It comes after Bradford victim Fiona Goddard described how she was trafficked to Glasgow from Yorkshire by networks of abusers.

Taylor’s letter comes amid a row in Scottish politics about grooming gangs.

The Conservatives put forward an amendment in September that would have required research into group-based child sexual exploitation, but it was voted down by SNP and Green MSPs.

The Tories wanted a similar investigation to the audit conducted by Baroness Louise Casey that recommended a national inquiry into grooming gangs in England and Wales.

Taylor has now urged the government to act, concluding her letter by saying: “I am firm in my belief that a rapid audit into grooming gangs in Scotland is urgently required.”

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay said that Taylor’s “powerful letter” should “shame John Swinney into doing the right thing.”

He added: “He needs to stop making excuses and start listening to Taylor and others who suffered unimaginable abuse by paedophile gangs – only to be failed by the police and other authorities.

“There can be no more cover-up and betrayal. Scottish grooming gang victims deserve the same transparency, answers and justice as those in the rest of the UK.”

Labour MP Joani Reid told GB News that the First Minister should read her letter and “recognise it would be a huge moral failure if he continues to resist the common sense request for a deeper inquiry into the depth of the problem in Scotland.”

She added: “Everyday John Swinney refuses to act is another day in which the reputation of the SNP is further damaged and more and more people will ask why he is doing nothing.

“The Labour Government in Westminster recognised it was wrong to resist a further inquiry – why won’t the SNP reach the same conclusion? Are they really so afraid of what will be revealed if we turn over the stone?”

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “A complaint about the police was received in September 2025. The complainer was spoken to and we confirmed information had been passed to us but, since no report was made to police in reference to any crime, this complaint did not fit the criteria as a complaint about the police.

“The complainer was advised she should make a report to police if she had been a victim of a crime. The complainer confirmed she was happy to have the complaint closed with this advice.”

Detective Superintendent Nicky McGovern added: “We take a multi-agency approach when dealing with child sexual exploitation.

“Information is shared between partners but this would not necessarily instigate an immediate investigation, as we would require the express consent of the potential victim before proceeding.

“We would urge anyone who has been a victim of child sexual exploitation to contact us, and they can be assured we will take their report seriously and they will be supported by specialist officers.”

Minister for Children and Young People Natalie Don-Innes also said: “I want to thank ‘Taylor’ for her courage to speak out on such an important subject, I am deeply saddened to hear of any cases of sexual abuse as I know the devastating impacts such abuse has on victims and their families and I expect any report of child abuse or exploitation made to Police Scotland to be taken very seriously and all reports investigated.

“The Scottish Government and its partners are taking action through the National Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Strategic

"Group which brings together key services and expert stakeholders including Police Scotland and Professor Alexis Jay to strengthen our collective approach against this horrendous form of abuse.

"The Scottish Government will give every consideration to the need for an independent public inquiry into the operation of 'grooming gangs' in Scotland, should it be deemed necessary.

"Police Scotland is actively reviewing investigations right now and we have also been clear that we are prepared to give every consideration to a grooming gangs inquiry if that is assessed as a necessity.

“Furthermore, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry currently taking place is one of the widest ranging ever undertaken in Scotland and includes an extensive review of the protection of children in care in Scotland.”

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