More suspects arrested as part of police probe into non-recent CSE in Oldham
Three men were arrested in Oldham, Salford, and Longsight as part of Operation Sherwood, a Greater Manchester Police investigation into non-recent child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Oldham between 2011-2014. This marks the 16th arrest since the operation's launch in 2022. The suspects, aged 33, 51, and 52, are not believed to be linked and were detained following disclosures from three victims. GMP's dedicated CSE Major Incident Team is leading the investigation, with support from the tactical aid unit. Assistant Chief Constable Steph Parker emphasized GMP's commitment to justice for survivors and highlighted the specialized team's efforts in tackling group-based offending.
Three men were arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of raping a child as part of Greater Manchester Police’s continuing Operation Sherwood investigation into historical child sexual exploitation in Oldham, bringing the total number of arrests since 2022 to 16.
Tactical-aid officers forced entry to an Oldham address at dawn and detained a 51-year-old man, while colleagues simultaneously arrested a 33-year-old in Salford and a 52-year-old in Longsight. All three are being questioned over offences alleged to have occurred in Oldham between 2011 and 2014. Detectives say the suspects are not connected to one another and were identified after three victims came forward to support the inquiry.
The arrests were carried out by GMP’s dedicated Child Sexual Exploitation Major Incident Team, a 100-strong unit singled out in a recent national audit by Baroness Casey as the only one of its kind in the country. Investigators say they are applying organised-crime tactics to dismantle groups that “preyed on vulnerabilities and exploited them for their sick pleasures and criminal gains.”
Assistant Chief Constable Steph Parker, force lead for Protecting Vulnerable People, vowed that “time will be no barrier” to pursuing offenders. “The girls who were abused in Oldham over a decade ago are no longer children, and we are listening to them,” she said. “These criminals may have thought they had gotten away with it, but we are coming for them.”
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