Social worker should have been ‘more robust’ during Rochdale sex probe

A social worker accused of failing victims of the Rochdale child sex gang admitted she should have been ‘more robust’ in pursuing the serious allegations. Deborah MacQueen failed to safeguard the young victims of the gang and closed their cases prematurely, it is claimed. Up to 11 vulnerable children were plied with alcohol, drugs and lavished with gifts before being ‘passed around’ for sex. MacQueen told the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service that following a meeting in 2009 she…