Huddersfield child sex abuse investigation sees 31 charged for rape and trafficking of girls aged between 12 and 18

Exploitation allegations date from 2005 to 2012

Thirty men and one woman are accused of involvement in the sexual exploitation of five victims (PA)

Detectives have charged 31 people with crimes including rape and trafficking after an investigation into the sexual abuse of girls in West Yorkshire.

Thirty men and one woman are accused of involvement in the sexual exploitation of five victims from Huddersfield.

West Yorkshire Police said the offences were allegedly committed between 2005 and 2012, when the girls were aged between 12 and 18.

The accused will appear at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court on 5 and 6 September.

They are:

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

Fehreen Rafiq, 38, of Huddersfield, is the only woman accused. She is charged with two counts of facilitating the commission of a child sex offence.

A further 12 men who cannot be named for legal reasons have been charged with “numerous offences in connection with the same investigation”, said police.