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| Ten men charged over Rochdale child abuse claims | Ten men charged over Rochdale child abuse claims |
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| Ten men have been charged by police investigating child sexual exploitation in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. | Ten men have been charged by police investigating child sexual exploitation in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. |
| The men, nine of whom are Asian, are accused of a catalogue of serious sex offences against seven females aged between 13 and 23 at the time of the alleged abuse, police said. | |
| They were held under Operation Doublet, investigating child sexual exploitation of teen girls by older men in Rochdale. | |
| The offences are alleged to have happened between 2005 and 2013. | |
| They include rape, conspiracy to rape, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, sexual activity with a child and sexual assault. | |
| A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said the investigation was not connected to an ongoing inquiry into historical abuse at Knowl View School. | |
| Assistant Chief Constable Ian Wiggett said: "This investigation is one of a number of cases which comes under the umbrella of Operation Doublet, which is the continued investigation into child sexual exploitation (CSE) that arose following the 2011 investigation into CSE in Rochdale. | |
| "The operation is an investigation into CSE in Rochdale and across other areas of Greater Manchester." |