Man accused of sexual exploitation in Rotherham appears in court

A 38-year-old man accused of a string of sexual exploitation offences in Rotherham has been remanded in custody after appearing in court this morning.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Aug 2015, 14:38 BST
Rotherham Magistrates Court, Main Street, Rotherham.Rotherham Magistrates Court, Main Street, Rotherham.
Rotherham Magistrates Court, Main Street, Rotherham.

Basharat Hussain, 38, was arrested by South Yorkshire Police officers at Manchester airport yesterday on suspicion of 15 offences, which are alleged to have occurred between 1996 and 2001.

Hussain, of no fixed address, was apprehended after a warrant for his arrest was granted by Sheffield Magistrates’ Court.

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He is accused of gross indecency towards a child, inciting a child to commit gross indecency, procuring a female to have sex with a man, indecent assault, rape, false imprisonment and procuring a female to become a prostitute.

Rotherham magistrates remanded Hussain into custody. He will next appear at Sheffield Crown Court on Monday, September 7.

The arrest was made as part of Operation Clover, a South Yorkshire Police investigation in partnership with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and the Crown Prosecution Service.