A victim of alleged grooming gangs in Glasgow has urged Scotland’s First Minister to launch a national inquiry.

In a letter to John Swinney, Taylor, which is not her real name, said she was 13 and in care when she was targeted by a “Pakistani grooming gang” operating from flats in Govanhill and Rutherglen.

The woman, who is now in her 20s, said she and her friends were sexually abused and exploited by at least ten men, who had plied the children with alcohol and drugs.

She said it is “clear” such abuse is still ongoing, and she called for the Government to launch a national inquiry.

She wrote: “Before my 14th birthday is when I became the target of a Pakistani grooming gang operating out of flats in the Govanhill and Rutherglen areas in Glasgow.

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