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West Yorkshire Police charge 31 people in Huddersfield child sex inquiry

The alleged crimes occurred between 2005 and 2012 against five women who at the time were aged between 12 and 18.

Officers arrested a 21-year-old man in Salford. File pic
Image: Police believe the offences were committed in the Huddersfield area. File pic
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More than 30 people have been charged with multiple sex offences, including rape and trafficking, against girls as young as 12.

West Yorkshire Police have said the allegations date between 2005 and 2012 and relate to five women who at the time were aged between 12 and 18.

Detectives believe the offences were committed in the Huddersfield area.

Thirty men and one woman, mostly from Huddersfield, will appear at Kirkless Magistrates' Court on 5 and 6 September, but 12 of the men cannot be named for legal reasons.

Police have charged those suspects with numerous offences in connection with the same investigation.

The defendants who can be named are:

  • Banaras Hussain, 37, of Shipley, who is charged with one count of rape of a female over 16.
  • Banaris Hussain, 35, of Huddersfield, who is charged with one count of rape of a girl aged between 13 and 15.
  • Mohammed Suhail Arif, 30, of Huddersfield, is charged with rape of a girl aged between 13 and 15.
  • Iftikar Ali, 37, of Huddersfield, is charged with attempted rape of girl aged between 13 and 15 and three counts of rape of a girl aged between 13 and 15.
  • Mohammed Sajjad, 31, of Huddersfield, is charged with four counts of rape of a female aged between 13 and 15, one rape of a girl under the age of 13, and facilitating the commission of a child sex offence.
  • Fehreen Rafiq, 38, of Huddersfield, is charged with two counts of facilitating the commission of a child sex offence.
  • Umar Zaman, 30, of Huddersfield, is charged with two counts of rape of a female aged between 13 and 15.
  • Basharat Hussain, 31, of Huddersfield, is charged with two counts of rape of a female aged between 13 and 15.
  • Amin Ali Choli, 36, of Huddersfield, is charged with two counts of rape of a female over the age of 16.
  • Shaqeel Hussain, 35, of Dewsbury, is charged with rape of a female aged between 13 and 15 and two counts of trafficking.
  • Mubasher Hussain, 35, of Huddersfield, is charged with rape of a female aged between 13 and 15 and sexual assault.
  • Abdul Majid, 34, of Huddersfield, is charged with two counts of rape of female aged between 13 and 15.
  • Mohammed Dogar, 35, of Huddersfield, is charged with two counts of facilitating the commission of child sex offence.
  • Usman Ali, 32, of Huddersfield, is charged with two counts of rape of a female aged 13 to 15.
  • Mohammed Waqas Anwar, 29, of Huddersfield, is charged with five counts of rape of a female aged 13 to 15.
  • Gul Riaz, 42, of Huddersfield, is charged with rape of a female aged 13 to 15.
  • Mohammed Akram, 41, of Huddersfield, is charged with two counts of trafficking with a view to sexual exploitation of a female and rape of a female aged between 14 and 15.
  • Manzoor Akhtar, 29, of Huddersfield, is charged with trafficking and three counts of rape of a female aged 13 to 15.
  • Samuel Fikru, 30, of Camden, has been charged with two counts of rape of female aged 13 to 15.