THE family of a victim of child grooming in Telford was told her abuser would not be prosecuted because she “consented” to sex – despite her being aged between 13 and 15 and the time.

The Crown Prosecution Service wrote a letter to the father saying she had consented to sex even though “she may not have wanted sexual intercourse”.

4 Despite one child abuse victim in Telford being between the ages of 13 and 15 the CPS said they would not prosecute the alleged man Credit: Alamy

Prosecutors feared a jury might say the alleged abuser had a “reasonable belief” the girl was 16 and had consented.

The girl had been groomed by a gang in Telford, Shropshire and did “not have the capacity to consent, her local Conservative MP LucyAllan said.

The letter, written in 2016, said: “The defence that was put forward in this case was that she willingly met the suspect and had consensual sexual intercourse with him.

Also that at the time this took place, the suspect held a reasonable belief that she was over the age of 16.

4 Telford MP Lucy Allan said the new documents show the authorities are still failing young girls in the town Credit: Press Association Images

In her statements to the police she was clear that although she may not have wanted sexual intercourse with the suspect, she agreed to do so.”

The admission was revealed after a file was passed to the Home Office.

Ms Allan claims those documents show the authorities are still failing young girls in the town and failing