Twelve men, many of them from Beeston, appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court yesterday (Tuesday 3rd June 2014) following a protracted investigation by the Leeds District Safeguarding Unit.
Chief Superintendent Paul Money, District Commander for Leeds, said:
“The alleged offences relate to one, female juvenile victim from the local community and follow a protracted investigation which began in October 2012.”
The charged men are:
Nasir Sultan, 24 of Beeston, Leeds – charged with three counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15.
Amir Zaman, 24 of , Beeston, Leeds – charged with four counts of penetrative sexual activity with a child.
Awais Butt, 31, of Rothwell, Leeds – charged with sexual activity with a child and attempting to supply a class B drug.
Farakh Younis 23 of Beeston, Leeds – charged with sexual activity with a child.
Junaid Rashid, 21 of Beeston, Leeds – charged with inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Abid Younis, 34, of Beeston, Leeds – charged with four counts of sexual activity with a child
Arshid Younis, 29 of Beeston, Leeds – charged with two counts of sexual activity with a child and offering to supply a Class A drug.
Tariq Islam, 20 of Leeds – charged with two counts of sexual touching of a girl aged 13 and kidnap.
Shazabe Hussain, 20 of Leeds – charged with penetration of a 13 year old.
Javed Uddin, 20 of Leeds – charged with penetration of a 13 year old.
Asif Khan, 19 from Leeds – charged with two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Zehn Mahmood, 19 from Leeds – charged with two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
The Yorkshire Post reports that eleven of the men were granted unconditional bail.
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