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| Eddie Shah charged with child sex offences | Eddie Shah charged with child sex offences |
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| The former newspaper proprietor Eddie Shah, 68, has been charged with several sex offences, including the rape of a child, following an investigation by the Metropolitan police. | The former newspaper proprietor Eddie Shah, 68, has been charged with several sex offences, including the rape of a child, following an investigation by the Metropolitan police. |
| Shah, who founded the now defunct Today newspaper and battled with the print unions in the 1980s, has been charged, along with two others over the abuse of an underage girl in the mid 1990s. | Shah, who founded the now defunct Today newspaper and battled with the print unions in the 1980s, has been charged, along with two others over the abuse of an underage girl in the mid 1990s. |
| Shah, whose real name is Selim Shah, was charged with seven counts of rape of a female under the age of 16, and two counts of gross indecency with a girl under 14. | Shah, whose real name is Selim Shah, was charged with seven counts of rape of a female under the age of 16, and two counts of gross indecency with a girl under 14. |
| The others charged at Hammersmith police station on Wednesday were a 52-year-old man from Kent and a 52-year-old woman from Kent. All three are due to appear at Westminster magistrates' court on 7 June. | The others charged at Hammersmith police station on Wednesday were a 52-year-old man from Kent and a 52-year-old woman from Kent. All three are due to appear at Westminster magistrates' court on 7 June. |
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