Four men have been charged with 13 counts of rape against three schoolgirls over a two-year period.
The three Asian Pakistani men and one white European man were charged as part of an investigation into the sexual abuse of the teenage girls, aged between 14 and 15, between 1998 and 2000.
The offending is alleged to have taken place largely in the Kirklees area of West Yorkshire.
Johnathan Harrison, 46, from Cleckheaton, is charged with five counts of rape, one count of indecent assault and one of child abduction.
Mohammed Jahanghir Afsar, 54, from Heckmondwike, is charged with four counts of rape.
Naseem Risalat, aged 47, from Heckmondwike, is charged with two counts of rape and one count of aiding and abetting rape.
The four men will appear in Kirklees Magistrates’ Court on September 23 charged with 13 counts of rape
Usman Nazir, aged 44, from Stoke-on-Trent, is charged with two counts of rape.
The men will appear in Kirklees Magistrates’ Court on September 23.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: ‘Kirklees Police continue to conduct enquiries in partnership with the Crown Prosecution Service as part of the investigation.
‘We also continue to encourage anyone who may have been a victim of sexual assault, either recently or perhaps many years ago, to come forward and contact authorities.’
