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Why has Elon Musk reignited debate over the UK rape gangs scandal?

The mercurial billionaire and Donald Trump confidant has claimed on X that “hundreds of thousands” of “little British girls” were targeted for gang rape and murder. What’s behind these claims?

Anna Gross and Jennifer Williams

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Elon Musk has reopened the national scandal surrounding gangs of men who groomed, assaulted and raped girls across England.

In dozens of messages posted on his X platform over the past week he has ranged from including excerpts of court transcripts to calling Sir Keir Starmer “complicit in the rape of Britain”.

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