Journalist Who Exposed Rotherham Grooming Gangs Dies Aged 60

Andrew Norfolk embodied the spirit of truth

His fearless coverage of the rape-gang scandal was journalism as its very finest.

Journalist who exposed Rotherham grooming gangs dies aged 60

Andrew Norfolk, the journalist who exposed the Rotherham grooming gangs scandal, has died at the age of 60. According to The Times, Norfolk passed away on May 8 after a period of ill health. He had retired late last year. Norfolk began his journalism career at the Yorkshire Post, covering South Yorkshire. In 2000, he joined The Times, where he launched an investigation into the grooming of young girls in the Midlands and northern England. His gr…

Andrew Norfolk's 'legacy lives on in every child protected and victim heard'

Former Times chief investigative reporter Andrew Norfolk has been remembered as a courageous journalist who exposed uncomfortable truths and achieved a measure of justice for some of the most neglected and abused members of society. Following his death this week aged 60 The Times said in its leader column: “Journalism, the saying goes, exists to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. None did ­either with such fearlessness as Andrew …

Doubted then vindicated, Andrew Norfolk was peerless

Rotherham whistleblower Jayne Senior and I have spoken many times. The first time she cried was when she told me Andrew Norfolk had died.

Andrew Norfolk obituary: Times reporter who exposed grooming gangs

From the Times, the Yorkshire Post and Charlie Peters of GB News in the Spectator Andrew Norfolk had given everything. Four years of obsessive and searing investigative journalism had exposed a scandal of negligence by police and social services, leading to many hundreds, if not thousands, of vulnerable young girls being raped by a ring of grooming gangs of Pakistani heritage. When Ann Cryer, MP for Keighley, first raised concerns in 2003 about …