Six charged with child sex offences in Sheffield Published duration 12 March 2016

Five men and a woman have been charged with 53 child sexual offences relating to the alleged sexual exploitation of a number of girls in Sheffield.

The charges include numerous counts of rape and conspiracy to rape and relate to eight victims, South Yorkshire Police said.

The offences are alleged to have occurred between 2005 and 2012.

The six, aged between 22 and 38 and from South Yorkshire, are due before magistrates in Sheffield on 21 March.