A man has been charged with arranging the trafficking and prostitution of children in Oxfordshire.

Tilal Mahdi, 35, from Friars Street, Hereford, was charged for sexual offences that took place in the county and elsewhere in the UK between July 2005 and 2008.

He was arrested when he reported to an Oxford police station on Monday.

Mr Mahdi was charged with conspiracy to rape and trafficking persons within the UK for sexual exploitation.

He was also charged with conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15 and arranging to facilitate prostitution/involvement in pornography of a child aged 13 to 17 years.