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| Ten men from Midlands and London charged with child sex offences | Ten men from Midlands and London charged with child sex offences |
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| Ten men from London and the Midlands have been charged with child sexual exploitation offences against two boys. | |
| The charges include rape, attempted rape, child prostitution, child pornography and drug charges linked to boys from Leicester and Coventry. | The charges include rape, attempted rape, child prostitution, child pornography and drug charges linked to boys from Leicester and Coventry. |
| The men, between 24 and 78, face accusations that the boys were abused by a group of men who befriended them. | |
| The first defendant, from Birmingham, will appear in court on Tuesday, West Midlands Police said. | |
| Unemployed Tahir Hussain, 33, from St Joseph's Road in Ward End, Birmingham, will appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court to face charges including four counts of rape; two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a boy aged 13 to 15; six counts of arranging or facilitating child prostitution or pornography and trafficking people within the UK for sexual exploitation. | |
| The other nine men are to appear at the same court on 18 August, police said. |