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Operation Stovewood: Three charged with child sexual abuse

Three men have been charged with numerous sexual offences in Rotherham as part of the National Crime Agency’s Operation Stovewood.

Asghar Bostan, 47 from East Bawtry Road, Rotherham is charged with raping a female between 2003 and 2004.

Mohammed Yasin, 36 from Lilycroft Road, Bradford and Qaiser Iqbal, 35, from Bingley Road, Bradford were charged taking a child away from a responsible person and intentionally arranging or facilitating the travel of a female for the purposes of sexual abuse between 2004 and 2006.

All three have been released and will appear at Sheffield Magistrates Court on the 21st June 2017.

Operation Stovewood is the NCA’s investigation into non-familial child sexual exploitation and abuse in Rotherham between 1997-2013.

To date, a total of 15 men have been arrested and 6 charged.  9 have been interviewed and bailed pending further enquiries for CSEA related offences.

The investigation currently has 63 designated suspects and is in the process of engaging with 190 victims and survivors.

 

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