Rotherham sex abuse: Man (46) due in court on rape charge

A MAN from Rotherham has been arrested and charged with a series of sexual offences.

David Fish (46) was arrested by National Crime Agency officers at his home in Kilnhurst on Wednesday.

He was later charged with three counts of rape, two counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child, one count of causing the sexual exploitation of a child and one count of malicious wounding.

The NCA said the charges all related to offences alleged to have been committed between 2007 and 2010, and involved a girl who was 15 when the abuse is said to have started.

Fish has been remanded into custody and is due to appear before Sheffield Magistrates Court today.

The arrest was made as part of Operation Stovewood, the NCA’s investigation into child sexual abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.