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Lewis Pinches, 23, absconded from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire at 8.45pm on Monday, April 3, where he was serving a six-year tern for robbery and causing grievous bodily harm.
Their depraved offending was uncovered when a hospital visit by one victim sparked concerns leading to the largest ever child sex abuse case investigated by West Midlands Police.
The seven victims were aged 12 and younger. The "systematic" and "shocking" child sex abuse crimes - committed by eight women and 13 men - took place over nearly a decade in Walsall and Wolverhampton, leaving the victims physically hurt and suffering from extreme psychological harm.
Twenty-one people have now been convicted after the biggest investigation by West Midlands Police into child sexual abuse in the force's history....
These are the evil faces behind the "biggest-ever" child sex abuse ring and were jailed for 145 years today.