‘The thundering knock
came early in the morning. It was 6.30am. Without waiting for an answer
the security chain across the door was smashed from its fittings. Feet
thundered up the staircase. The five children, all under the age of 10,
were alarmed to be woken from their sleep by the dozen burly strangers
who burst into their bedrooms, switched on the lights and shouted at
them to get up.
This is not a police
state. It is Manchester in supposedly civilised Britain in the 21st
century. There is a clue to what this is about in the names of the
children: Nardin, who is 10; Karin who is seven; the three-year-old
twins Bishoy and Anastasia, and their one-year-old baby sister Angela.’
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