Ten charged in Rochdale child grooming investigation
Greater Manchester Police charge ten men with catalogue of offences as part of Operation Doublet into alleged sexual exploitation of teenage girls by older men. The charges are as follows:
Shayfur Rahman, 31, from Prestwich, has been charged with one count of rape;
Kutab Miah, 34, from Rochdale, has been charged with three counts of sexual activity and one count of rape;
Rehan Ali, 26, from Blackley, Manchester, has been charged with one count of rape, three counts of sexual activity with a child when the offender was over 18 and three counts of sexual activity with a child when the offender was between 15 and 17.
Iklaq Choudhry Hussain, 37, from Rochdale, has been charged with three counts of sexual activity with a child and two counts of rape.
David Law, 45, from Ilkeston, Derbyshire has been charged with three counts of conspiracy to commit rape.
Mahfus Rahman, 28, of HMP Garth, has been charged with three counts of rape and three counts of sexual activity with a child.
Ashfaq Yousaf, 28, of HMP Forest Bank has been charged with one count of aiding and abetting rape against one victim. He has also been charged with one count of rape against a further victim.
Afraz Ahmed, 32, from Rochdale has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit rape and one count of rape against one victim. He also faces two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, relating to offences against to girls. He has also been charged with one count of rape against a further victim.
Mohammed Davood, 37, from Burnley, has been charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against one victim. He has also been charged with three counts of rape, one count of sexual activity with a child and one count of sexual assault against a further victim.
Mohammed Miah, 39, of HMP Moorland has been charged with three counts of sexual activity and one count of rape against one victim. He has also been charged with one count of rape against a further victim.
The men have been bailed to appear at either Bury or Tameside Magistrates’ Court later this week.