When Scarlett West was 13 years old, she was a normal, horse-mad girl doing well at school with dreams of becoming a police officer until an incident that happened on Halloween where she was viciously attacked and set on fire changed everything. This event was the catalyst that saw her gradually drawn into the murky world of grooming gangs and the beginning of a nightmare for both her and her father Marlon.

Hosts: James Tozer and Liz Hull

Producer: Osk Petursdottir

Sound Design: John Scott

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Bella Soames

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