council staff viewed the trafficked children as 'prostitutes' instead of victims (stock image) Credit: Getty - Contributor

The latest revelation comes after it was revealed officers investigating one of Britain's worst child abuse scandals were reportedly sent an internal message saying: "In most cases the sex is consensual".

But their nightmare ordeal went on for decades as authorities repeatedly failed to stamp out a network of paedophiles in the town.

The memo was reportedly sent by West Mercia Police to detective probing the claims in 2013 - a year after the investigation into grooming gangs ended.

Social workers were said to have known about the offending as far back as in the 1990s, but it took police a decade to launch a probe.

One of the victims was just 15-years-old when she wastargeted by abusers in 2004, becoming pregnant several times in four years.

She had three abortions and one miscarriage.

Vulnerable Lucy Lowe was 16 when abuser Azhar Ali Mehmood, 26, set fire to her house, killing her, her mum Eileen and sister Sarah, 17, in 2000.

The taxi driver first targeted her in 1997. She was 14 when she gave birth to his daughter.

He was jailed for killing the teen, along with her mum Eileen and her sister Sarah, 17 – but was never arrested or charged over sex abuse.

Another victim, who was drugged and gang-raped, said Lucy's killing was a warning to others who might speak out.

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