Northumbria police paid child rapist Â£10,000 to spy on gang 
The Northumbria police paid almost Â£10,000 to a convicted child rapist to act as undercover informant during a major sex abuse investigation, reports have revealed. The man was paid to infiltrate parties where young girls were being drugged and abused by an Asian grooming gang. Information provided by the man led to the conviction of 17 men and a woman.