John Swinney to face FMQs after grooming gangs victim urges national inquiry

John Swinney will face First Minister’s Questions after a victim of alleged grooming gangs in Glasgow urged him to launch a national inquiry.

In a letter to the First Minister, 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.

The Scottish Conservatives, who have been calling for a nationwide probe, said Taylor’s “powerful letter should shame John Swinney into doing the right thing”.

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