Sex with a girl under 16 is statutary rape, whether she consents or not is largely irrelevant, in cases like this wholly irrelevant. Under 13 years of age you fall into a different section of the statute that has no defence of "I didn't know her age gov'"

the levels of communication are better generally. But I don't really get how you move from knowing someone to him saying "you want to fcku this drugged and drunk 12 year old...., talk to my mate Dave/Mo/Leroy".

Plus, is it fair to say there is less of a fear of everyone else in Asian communities now (in particular) than say 30 years ago - which is a good thing - the backwards 60's 70's and even 80's attitudes should be consigned to history, BUT a corollary is that the Asian vermin have more confidence to 'do this sort of thing' in a way they didn't. And, Sheeda Pistol mode on - we have imported so many of the backwards 7th generation cousin fckuers from the backside of Mirpur, what do we expect ?

So an assumption then... Based on no demonstrable fact at all.... oooook

Detection, improvement in the care system and other related services that provide support to children, more widespread media reporting of everything brings it to more people's attention.

The moral decline of men isn't an issue but there are groups of men who are from communities that are less worried about judgement by the majority thinking 'why not'. The other issue is that men who would have been considering younger girls 20 years ago can now contact kids from their mums bedroom instead of hanging around bus shelters, which leads us to the final group being younger men who would have never had contact with the opposite sex pre-internet being able to sexually exploit teenagers who are vulnerable and have lower self-esteem online and through building trust online.

Would there be any point suggesting that the fact that young Asian males often coat themselves in bling, drive cars with the right badges, have all the latest must have gadgets, and often act like wide boys makes them attractive to troubled young women?

So not sure where you live OP but I am not a million miles outside of Leicester and I can all but guarantee you right now if I went for a wander around the city centre and/or some of the various estate, parks and other 'hang out' type locations (and I do drive past them as rat runs on the odd occasion so have observed as much) I would see a greater or equitable concentration of Asian teenagers both male and female engaging in drinking smoking and I suspect worse.

However if I went for a wander around half a dozen of the smaller villages between the city and where I live I am sure it would be far fewer to zero, demographics are what they are but to suggest there is some sort of ubiquitous national truth based on your own personal experience would be as daft as me saying the reverse based on the fact I am using a city with a huge Asian population or agreeing with you based on observing a village where it is as likely as not there is not a single Asian resident!

Saying they're scum doesn't negate any other criticism and we often see it rolled out in situations like this. What it actually means is, how dare people actually look at the reasons and motivations for the crime and attempt to link it with the Pakistani Muslim community. 'Most people of any background' would not subscribe to a book that states women should be beaten, rape victims stoned and infidels murdered so be aware that an appeal to accepted morality is worthless in this situation.

'Less equal'; you can't even bring yourself to admit what any educated person accepts as fact. I've also lived in areas where lots of teenagers hang out and so far I've managed to avoid raping any of them. Muslims through the Koran acknowledge themselves as weak-minded when it comes to sexual urges which is the basis of how the burqa and niqab arose. In Islam, a woman who shows flesh is asking for it and if she is raped then it's her own fault and she should be punished. When you link this fact with the religosity and religious-inspired culture of the criminals it's no surprise that this sort of behaviour is hugely over-represented in the Islamic communities of the UK.

Firstly the ethnicity of white criminals may not be mentioned because, to quote Shane Meadows, this is England. Although the presence of white British in this country is becoming more rare by the day it hasn't yet got to the stage when we marvel that a group of criminals share the indiginous ethnicity.

Secondly, when culture and religion can account for motivation then only an apologist would suggest that the law abiding citizens of the land should refrain from addressing the issue and calling a spade a spade.

The community didn't report them because they didn't know about them. Do you think that if people in the community had known about them they would have turned a blind eye? Can you imagine that happening in an English secular or Christian community (Catholic Church excepted)? On a recent documentary a reporter visited a Pakistani Muslim community and spoke to a bunch of youths on the street. Even though they (allegedly) weren't involved in any crime they knew what was going on and weren't afraid to talk about it.

If you make any more excuses for these people you'll disappear up your own rectum, honestly.

Failure of parenting leaves kids to wander the street. Failure at being a civilised human causes people to rape them. It's that simple.

From anecdotal reports it is far worse that we are given to believe. So let's see what proportion of the culprits of this type of crime are from the 90% indiginous population and how many are from the 2% Pakistani Muslim. If the former turns out to outnumber the latter by 45:1 instead of the latter outnumbering the former by 5:1 then I'll come back and apologise for my ridiculous assertions.

Racist.....

Should we ignore the fact they are men too, lest it prejudices all men as sex offenders?

Its got nothing to do with being an 'ethnic minority' I dont see Sikhs or Hindus involved in it on any wide scale. Theres simply no hiding the fact Mohammed, the central human embodiment of their religion, was a Paedophile.

No ones suggesting non-muslims don't do it, but in the case of Muslims, their religion give's them the belief its their 'moral' right to do so.

Interesting theory. But not one I'll bother debating over.