16 men including police officer charged over historic child sexual exploitation in Halifax

Like cutting the head off the hydra. Four to be sentenced in Birmingham tomorrow. In Yorkshire 16 more charged and to appear in court after Christmas. From the Huddersfield Examiner

The allegations against the 16 defendants involve three female victims for a variety of offences, including rape, trafficking, sexual activity with a child, threats to kill and supplying drugs. They are alleged to have taken place between 2006 and 2009 when the victims were aged between 13 and 16 years old.

The men charged are:

  • Vaqaas Abbas, 30 of Halifax, charged with rape (x3) and supply of a class C drug (x3).
  • Nadeem Adalat, 34 of Halifax, charged with rape (x4) and supply of a class C drug (x4).
  • Sajid Adalat, 43 of Halifax, charged with rape.
  • Vaseem Adalat, 33 of Halifax, charged with rape (x2), trafficking, and supply of a class C drug.
  • Amjad Ditta aka Amjad Hussain, 35, a police constable based within West Yorkshire Police’s Protective Services Operations, charged with sexual touching.
  • Christopher Eastwood, 45 of Halifax, charged with rape (x2) and supply of a class C drug (x2).
  • Metab Islam, 46 of Halifax, charged with rape (x6), supply of a class C drug (x6), sexual assault (x2) and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
  • Mohammed Rizwan Iqbal, 34 of Halifax, charged with rape.
  • Ishtiaq Latif, 32 of Halifax, charged with sexual activity with a child.
  • Asad Mahmood, 33 of Halifax, charged with rape (x2) and trafficking.
  • Arfan Mir, also known as Khalifa Mughal, 36 of Halifax, charged with rape (x6), supply of a class C drug (x3), supply of a class A drug and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
  • Younis Mohammed aka Younis Khan, 34 of Halifax, charged with rape and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.
  • Nadeem Nassir, 39 of Halifax, charged with rape, supply of a class C drug and making threats to kill.
  • Shahzad Nawaz, 40 of Halifax, charged with rape, supply of a class C drug and making threats to kill.
  • Shazad Nazir, 44 of Halifax, charged with rape (x2) and supply of a class C drug (x2).
  • Sohail Zafar, 36 of Halifax, charged with rape and supplying a class C drug. 

The men will appear at Bradford Magistrates Court on January 6, 2020.