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Kiera Gee was just 16 when she was groomed by an obsessive abuser who ran a local corner shop.

She claims the police could have stopped him sooner – and that he later gamed the system to avoid prison. Now she’s waived her anonymity to warn other children about the risk. In the latest of our series of reports exposing exploitation in rogue mini marts on our high streets, Keira tells us her story.

Warning: this report contains upsetting details.