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A mother said she has filed a formal complaint to police after they refused to investigate a vicious alleged attack on her 12-year-old daughter stating it would not be "cost effective" and that "crime has gone through the roof".
Victoria Woods said her daughter Isabelle was
punched, kicked, and thrown down a hill in Wildmoore Avenue Park, Oldham, on Wednesday in an unprovoked attack after she was set on
by a group of around 15 youths - none of whom she knew,
Manchester Evening News reported.
Recalling how her daughter was "in floods of tears" after the attack, which left her with bruising, deep scratches, and "caked in mud", Ms. Woods described the response from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) over the incident as "diabolical".
A day after reporting the assault she received a telephone call from a female officer who explained that police would not be taking the case any further "because it wasn't a major crime and it was 'just kids fighting', in her words," Ms. Woods said.
"She said the inspector had decided it was not 'cost effective' to investigate it in terms of the cost and manpower hours.
"I made it very clear I wasn't impressed and I didn't think it was an adequate response," she said, noting: "It's not just girls fighting. There was a group of 15, one attacked her and one was videoing it.
"It was not a situation she could defend herself in. My daughter is terrified of going out."
Comment: Perhaps the unbelievable level of corruption within the police force in Baltimore could be part of the problem.
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