THE ASIAN INDEPENDENT UK
Bal Ram Sampla
Geopolitics
When a serving police officer is charged alongside a grooming gang, the justice system faces a ultimate test of integrity. For the victims of historical child sexual exploitation (CSE), the police are supposed to be a shield against predators. Yet, the handling of PC Amjad Ditta also known as “Amjad Hussain” by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) represents a catastrophic failure of institutional courage—a case where a victim was completely let down, and an authority figure walked away without ever facing a jury.
Protection Over Prosecution
In December 2019, West Yorkshire Police charged 16 men following a horrific inquiry into the grooming and abuse of teenage girls in Halifax. Standing in the dock alongside men accused of rape and trafficking was PC Amjad Ditta, a serving officer with the force’s Protective Services Operations. He was charged with sexual touching.
For a victim, seeing a uniform tied to the very gang that exploited them is the ultimate betrayal. The public expectation was simple: a transparent, relentless prosecution to prove that no one is above the law. Instead, the system dragged its feet. For over four years, the case was buried behind legal arguments, pandemic delays, and strict court reporting bans.
Dropping the case
The ultimate insult to the victim came when the CPS quietly capitulated. Rather than presenting the facts to a jury and letting the public see the evidence, the CPS offered no evidence and dropped the charge against Ditta.
The CPS hides behind the language of legal bureaucracy, claiming cases are only discontinued when there is no “realistic prospect of conviction.” By dropping the case before it could ever reach a full trial, the CPS ensured that a serving police officer avoided a public cross-examination.
In operations targeting the broader Halifax grooming ring, the justice system proved it could secure convictions when it wanted to, locking away dozens of street-level predators for hundreds of combined years.
Conclusion: A System Protecting Its Own
To date, no criminal accountability has been achieved in this case. By refusing to take definitive legal action, the CPS sent a chilling message to victims of institutional abuse: if your abuser wears a badge, the path to justice will be quietly dropped. This is the public perception.
References
1.https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/courts/former-yorkshire-police-officer-charged-alongside-paedophile-gang-escapes-prosecution-4858089
