article_snippet.sent: The girl, now 18, eventually went to police in February 2010 and was interviewed by officers who then mysteriously dropped the case.
article_snippet.sent: 2013 teenager has made a formal complaint about the conduct of the officers involved, and the Independent Police Complaints Commission is aware of the case, which will be investigated internally.
article_snippet.sent: Superintendent Simon Retford, from GMP's Professional Standards Branch, said: 'There were unacceptable delays in bringing the case to court after the initial complaint was made. '
article_snippet.sent: An investigation is underway to establish the reasons and circumstances around our initial response and apparent lack of action in progressing the case.'
article_snippet.sent: In October 2009, The victim was walking along Caythorpe Street, Moss Side with The victim friends and all were making her friends way to a nearby youth club.
article_snippet.sent: Last year it emerged that Greater Manchester Police faced ten investigations into alleged mishandling of sexual assault and rape cases.
article_snippet.sent: One included a claim that a vulnerable child was able to enter the home of a suspected paedophile, who was already under surveillance.
article_snippet.sent: In 2013, the same year Nejad was finally arrested, GMP chief constable Sir Peter Fahy admitted that six out of every ten crimes were not properly investigated.
article_snippet.sent: Greater Manchester's officers only 'actively pursue' criminals in 40 per cent of cases reported to Greater Manchester's officers, GMP chief constable Sir Peter Fahy said, with detectives effectively shelving or 'screening out' the rest because there are no witnesses or clues.
article_snippet.sent: It meant that more than 106,000 crimes in Greater Manchester were all but given up by the force as lost causes.
article_snippet.sent: Greater Manchester Police is investigating why the case was initially shelved after a complaint from the victim .
highlights_snippet.sent: Police interviewed the victim in 2010 but then the case was never pursued .
  