Police officer among 16 men charged with sexually abusing three girls in Halifax
Written by News on 19/12/2019
A serving police officer is among 16 men charged with sexually exploiting girls in Halifax.
West Yorkshire Police say the men face a variety of charges over “non-recent” abuse between 2006 and 2009.
The three alleged victims are girls who were aged between 13 and 16 at the time.
The men are scheduled to appear before magistrates in Bradford on 6 January 2020.
Those charged are:
- Vaqaas Abbas, 30 of Halifax. Three counts of rape and three counts of supplying a class C drug
- Nadeem Adalat, 34 of Halifax. Four counts of rape and four counts of supplying a class C drug
- Sajid Adalat, 43 of Halifax. One charged of rape
- Vaseem Adalat, 33 of Halifax. Two counts of rape, 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. One count of sexual touching
- Christopher Eastwood, 45 of Halifax. Two counts of rape and two counts of supplying a class C drug
- Metab Islam, 46 of Halifax. Six counts of rape, six counts of supplying a class C drug, two counts of sexual assault and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
- Mohammed Rizwan Iqbal, 34 of Halifax. One rape charge
- Ishtiaq Latif, 32 of Halifax. One count of sexual activity with a child
- Asad Mahmood, 33 of Halifax. Charged with two counts of rape, and trafficking
- Arfan Mir, also known as Khalifa Mughal, 36 of Halifax. Six counts of rape, three counts of supplying a class C drug, supplying a class A drug and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
- Younis Mohammed aka Younis Khan, 34 of Halifax. One rape charge, and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
- Nadeem Nassir, 39 of Halifax. One count of rape, supplying a class C drug and making threats to kill
- Shahzad Nawaz, 40 of Halifax. One count of rape, supply of a class C drug and making threats to kill
- Shazad Nazir, 44 of Halifax. Two counts of rape and two counts of supplying a class C drug
- Sohail Zafar, 36 of Halifax. Charged with rape and supplying a class C drug
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