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A father whose 13-year-old son was sexually abused by a number of men he met online says parents need to 鈥渁ccept [grooming] can happen鈥�, in order to do something about it.

It comes as new figures from children鈥檚 charity Barnardo鈥檚 show 297 of the 702 children they had supported in the last six months had been groomed online.

61% of those 297 children had been subject to physical sexual abuse and nearly 50% were exploited by more than one person.

This father told 蜜芽传媒 Radio 5 live鈥檚 Samantha Fenwick he thought his son was 鈥渏ust talking with his friends鈥� on his laptop. By the time he realised the truth, his son had already been sexually abused.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Thursday 15 December 2016.