Another suspect arrested as part of Operation Green Jacket

The total number of arrests for Operation Green Jacket is now 51.

During the execution of an early morning warrant at a property in Chester on 24 January, a 61-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of the following offences:

• Procure a girl to become a common prostitute contrary to S22 SOA 1956
• Take an indecent photograph / pseudo photograph of a child contrary to S1(1)a Protection of Children Act 1978.

He has since been bailed pending further lines of enquiry.

Operation Green Jacket is a multi-agency operation launched in 2019, ahead of the publication of ‘An assurance review of Operation Augusta’ in 2020. Led by GMP’s Child Sexual Exploitation Major Investigation Team (CSE MIT) – a resource dedicated to investigating the most serious and complex cases to ensure consistently high standards, it focuses on offending against vulnerable young people in the South Manchester area in the early 2000s.

Detective Inspector Eleanor Humphreys said: “GMP is committed to fighting child sex exploitation and through Operation Green Jacket, officers are ensuring those responsible for exploiting young people in South Manchester in the early 2000s face justice.

“Our team, working collectively with Manchester City Council, is dedicated to getting it right for those who were harmed and are relentlessly pursuing new investigative lines and building evidence-based files to enable the Crown Prosecution Service to authorise charges.

“The victims and survivors are at the centre of our investigations; we’re working closely with specialist support partners to provide bespoke packages to ensure they are cared individually for as long as they need.”