His daughter, Scarlett, was 14 when the abuse began16:33, 09 Jul 2026Updated 16:33, 09 Jul 2026‘My daughter was groomed, trafficked and raped’, an emotional Marlon West told the audience of the Manchester Evening News mayoral hustings.Members of the public and the panel fell silent as the Restore Britain candidate spoke of his family’s fight to have their story heard. Institutions that were supposed to protect his daughter instead ‘destroyed [his] world’, Mr West said.His daughter, Scarlett, was 14 when the abuse began. What happened next has shaped their lives and is Mr West's key motivation in his bid to take the top political job in the region.Click here for the latest on Greater Manchester's politics in our newsletter‌‘I was born here, raised here, was schooled here. I even went to Man