A teenager was pressured to drop her rape complaint as it would ruin a police doctor's Sunday lunch, it has been claimed.

The 13-year-old says she was attacked by a gang of Asian men in Rotherham, the centre of a series of sex abuse scandals involving men targeting younger girls.

Her mother called police after the girl came home drunk the Saturday before and said she had been with older men.

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A teenager was pressured to drop her rape complaint as it would ruin a police doctor's Sunday lunch, it has been claimed. The 13-year-old says she was attacked by a gang of Asian men in Rotherham, the centre of a series of sex abuse scandals

But the two officers, who came to the hospital the girl was at the next day, allegedly told them 'a police doctor was having to come especially down the motorway and would miss his Sunday lunch if he had to come'.

Afterwards the girl said she did not want to be examined and was taken home.

The Daily Mirror also reports the mother was told 'no police officer coming down the motorway – our own doctor was going to examine her,' by hospital staff.

South Yorkshire Police said: 'We are committed to achieving justice, stopping the harm and preventing future offending.'

A report published in August revealed 1,400 children had been abused in the South Yorkshire town between 1997 and 2013.

Senior council officials feared being labelled ‘racist’ for speaking about the pattern of offenders being of Pakistani origin, according to a report. Pictured, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Offices

The report by Professor Alexis Jay revealed how hundreds of vulnerable girls had been sexually exploited by gangs of predominantly Asian men in the town and that police and council officials had betrayed the victims by not tackling the problem.

Senior council officials feared being labelled ‘racist’ for speaking about the pattern of offenders being of Pakistani origin.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission are investigating 14 officers in relation to the scandal.

Yesterday it was reported that only three in 20 violent crimes against children are reported to the police, a study has claimed.

Research into crimes against children and young people in England and Wales by charity Victim Support and the University of Bedfordshire found violent offences were the most common crime affecting children - injuring seven in 10 of those child victims.