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2025-01-04 06:29:07 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 359E8CCA40C1172DE41C79AF3A4A63BEAE154D73F1D080107714A45178961950
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Original Note:
The meme is a deliberate misrepresentation of the 3rd man, aged 15 at the time (a minor), who was convicted of sexual assault (not rape) and was part of a Newcastle grooming gang who got sentences of 36 years between them. https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/08/fact-check-man-in-meme-did-not-rape-12-year-old-girl-but-was-part-of-gang-that-did-he-was-convicted-for-sexual-assault.html https://www.northumbria.police.uk/news/northumbria/news/convictions-and-sentencings/three-men-jailed-following--investigation-/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-68446855
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