Pair accused of raping 14-year-old girl

TWO men have been charged with raping and indecently assaulting a girl of 14, under the National Crime Agency’s Rotherham CSE investigation.

Abid Saddiq (37), of Walter Street in Masbrough, and Waseem Khaliq (33), from Eldon Street in Sheffield were arrested on suspicion of rape, conspiracy to rape and indecent assault in 2001.

They have also been charged with child abduction after two girls aged 14 and 15 were taken to Sheffield for sexual activity in 2002.

Both Saddiq and Khaliq have been bailed to appear before magistrates in Sheffield on Thursday.

The NCA’s Operation Stovewood is investigating historical child sex offences in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.