SEVEN MEN will appear in court next month over child sex offences in Redditch between 2011 and 2017.
It follows an investigation by West Mercia Police.
The men from Worcestershire and Staffordshire will be in Kidderminster Magistrates Court on November 3 after being charged with offences relating to nine girls aged between 12 and 16.
Abdul Hussain, 21, of Mount Pleasant, Redditch, is charged with engaging in sexual activity in presence of a child and sexual assault on a female.
Arslan Tazarab, 24, of The Mayfields, Redditch, is charged with rape of a girl under 16, two charges of arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, five counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 16 and two counts of causing/inciting a girl under 16 to engage in sexual activity.
Ethashan Tazarab, 20, of The Mayfields, Redditch, is charged with causing/inciting a girl under 16 to engage in sexual activity and also engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with girl under 16.
Numan Mohammed, 22, of Swinfen Hall, HM Young Offenders Institute, Swinfen, Lichfield, Staffordshire, is charged with six counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 16, rape of a girl aged under 16, engaging in sexual communication with a child, four counts of causing or inciting a girl under 16 to engage in sexual activity, engaging in sexual activity in presence of a child.
Usmaan Asghar, 21, of Sillins Avenue, Redditch, is charged with sexual assault on a woman and two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 16.
Usman Ali, 27, of Other Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, is charged with six counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.
And Richard Jonathan Weaver, 28, of Worcester Road, Droitwich, is charged with rape of a girl aged between 13 and 15.
