Sarah Wilson, now 34, has spoken about being abused for five years from the age of 11 by a grooming gang of men in Rotherham, who plied her with alcohol and drugs before raping her, and has waived her anonymity to campaign for justice. She has learned that under the Government's new Sentencing Act 2026, introduced to ease prison overcrowding, two of her convicted abusers could be released after serving as little as five and six years, prompting her to speak out against the policy.

Wilson gave evidence in three trials at Sheffield Crown Court that led to convictions of seven men, out of an estimated 100 who abused her, as part of a criminal network only tackled after the National Crime Agency launched Operation Stovewood in 2014. Taxi driver Riyasth Hussain was jailed for 20 years in February 2026 for raping her twice when she was 13 or 14, while Obaidullah Omari, 46, received a 19-year sentence in September 2025 for three counts of rape and two of indecent assault; Wilson says she fears Hussain in particular and worries for her safety should he be freed early.