Rochdale grooming gangs whistleblower and ex-detective Maggie Oliver has told of fearing she could be jailed for speaking out and exposing police cover-ups.
The former Greater Manchester Police officer has opened up about the decision she made and how raising concerns felt 'more important than keeping my job'.
Ms Oliver, 70, whose whistleblowing role over grooming gangs prompted public inquiries and also an award-winning BBC docudrama, has accused senior bosses of putting pressure on her to stay silent.
The founder of the charity the Maggie Oliver Foundation, which offers help and support to survivors of childhood sexual abuse and exploitation, has been speaking on a new episode of a podcast called Address The Harm due for release on Friday.
Ms Oliver quit Greater Manchester Police after the force failed to act on allegations of widespread child grooming and sex abuse.
She told interviewer Leah Brown: 'As a junior officer, you do as you're told, and if you can't do that, you're in the wrong job.
'Now, I always refer to my oath of attestation in the police where I promised to uphold the law, to protect the vulnerable, to uphold fundamental human rights.
'And when I'm seeing children of, you know, 11 and 12 being raped on a daily basis, and the police doing nothing, deliberately, knowingly - my job wasn't to do as I was told, it was to uphold the law.
'I was put into a position where I either carried on my job and as I was told, "Come to work, get your wage, put your bum on...
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