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42 people including three women charged with child sexual offending in Kirklees

42 people including three women charged with child sexual offending in Kirklees

AS MANY AS 42 people including three women were charged during a police investigation into a non-recent child sexual exploitation case in West Yorkshire, the BBC reported.

The 39 men and three women, most from Kirklees, have been charged with a variety of offences.


Those charged appeared at Leeds Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (30), the report added.

According to the BBC, the alleged offences were committed against six girls between 1995 and 2015, mostly at addresses in Dewsbury and Batley.

West Yorkshire Police said those charged were:

Donna Lynn, 41, from Heckmondwike, charged with causing the prostitution of a girl under 16, allowing a premise to be used for unlawful sexual intercourse, procuring a female under 21, and controlling prostitution.

Mohammed Yakub, 64, and Yousuf Motala, 69, Zulfiquar Ali, 42, Mohammed Jabbar Qayum, 40, Mohammed Ishtiaq Hussain, 47, Mohammed Farooq, 52, Mohammed Luqman Daji, 44, Ali Shan Waheed, 41, Mohammed Ramzan, 64, all from Dewsbury, were charged with an offence of rape.

Nasir Billimoria, 68, from Batley, charged with an offence of rape, and procuring a female under 21.

Ebrahim Mamaniatt, 52, Liaquat Ali, 65, Hashim Sacha, 53, Liaquat Hussain Hanif, 45, and Rafiq Patel, 69, Abbas Kaji, 52, Mohammed Yasin, 48, Zaheed Ali Novsarka, 53, all from Batley, were charged with an offence of rape.

Nobhar Shah, 69, from Batley, was charged with two offences of rape and living on the earnings of prostitution.

Ibrahim Khalifa, 83, from Bradford, and Manaf Hussain, 47, from Heckmondwike, were charged with an offence of rape.

Maria O'Rouke, 42, from Batley, was charged with causing the prostitution of a girl under 16, allowing a premise to be used for unlawful sexual intercourse and controlling prostitution.

Riaz Shaikh, 57, from Dewsbury, was charged with an offence of rape and an offence of indecent assault.

Amjid Rangzeb, 43, from Batley, charged with an offence of rape and an offence of false imprisonment.

Shakeel Haq, 44, from Birmingham, was charged with an offence of rape and an offence of false imprisonment.

Mohammed Abbas, 60, and Shafaquat Afzal Hussain, 45, both from Dewsbury, were charged with an offence of rape.

Tariq Azam, 52, from Dewsbury, was charged with three offences of rape and three offences of indecent assault.

Aurrangzeb Azam, 50, from Dewsbury, was charged with three offences of rape, two offences of indecent assault and an offence of false imprisonment.

Israr Hussain, 46, from Dewsbury, charged with three offences of rape, two offences of indecent assault and an offence of false imprisonment.

Mohammed Sheikh, 48, from Batley, was charged with an offence of rape and an offence of indecent assault.

Mohammed Tariq, 62, from Bradford, was charged with two offences of rape.

Sajid Majid, 48, from Mirfield, was charged with an offence of rape and an offence of indecent assault.

Ansar Mahmood Qayum, 44, from Dewsbury, was charged with an offence of rape and an offence of indecent assault.

Shafiq Siddique, 52, from Dewsbury, charged with an offence of rape and an offence of false imprisonment.

Tasawar Hussain, 42, from Heckmondwike, was charged with an offence of rape.

Mohammed Munir Shaffi, 43, from Dewsbury, was charged with two offences of rape.

Nassar Liaquat Khan, 42, from Keighley and Mohammed Riaz Khan, 47, from Heckmondwike, were charged with an offence of rape.

Janine Green, 44, from Batley, charged with encouraging prostitution, allowing premises to be used for unlawful sexual intercourse and controlling prostitution.

Ismail Seedat, 51, from Batley, was charged with indecent assault.

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