By Daily Mail Reporter
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Three men have appeared in court today accused of preying on vulnerable young girls and grooming them for sex.
A total of 13 men were arrested in Oxford on Thursday by police investigating claims 24 girls under 16 were targeted by the gang.
Brothers Anjum Dogar, 30, and Akhtar Dogar, 31, both of Tawney Street, Oxford, and Kamar Jamil, 26, of Aldrich Road, Oxford, stood in the dock at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court accused of a string of offences including rape, conspiring to rape a child, arranging child prostitution and trafficking.
trafficking.
Last-minute preparations: Police prepare to
carry out the raid in connection with the sex abuse ring, for which
three men today appeared in court
Prosecutor Clare Tucker read out the charges against each of the defendants, who all appeared in the dock dressed in sportswear.
She said hospital porter Akhtar Dogar is accused of three counts of rape, one count of conspiring to rape a child, three counts of arranging the prostitution of a child, one count of making a threat to kill and one count of trafficking, which are alleged to have been carried out between May 2004 and July 2010.
While security guard and father-of-two Jamil faces four counts of rape, two counts of arranging the prostitution of a child, one count of making a threat to kill and one count of possession of cocaine with intent to supply between May 2004 and March of this year.
All the alleged offences were against two girls who were under the age of 15 at the time, the court heard.
Ready
to move in: Police vans lined up ahead of the operation last week,
which investigated the alleged sexual exploitation of girls
The three other defendants later appeared in the dock.
Unemployed Zeshan Ahmed, 26, of Palmer Road, Headington, Oxford, is charged with 10 counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child between January 2010 and January this year.
The offences relate to two girls under the age of 16 at the time, the court heard.
Unemployed Mohammed Karrar, 37, of Cowley Road, Oxford, is accused of two counts of conspiracy to rape a child and one count of supplying a class A drug, namely cocaine, to a child between July 2004 and July 2009.
The men all made their first appearances in connection with the abuse ring at High Wycombe Magistrates Court
All three were also remanded in custody. They will also appear at Aylesbury Crown Court on March 30.
The seven other men who were arrested have been released on police bail until next month.
Officers launched the investigation after a number of girls were reported missing.
More than 100 officers took part in raids on Thursday as the force executed 14 warrants across the city as part of an operation named Bullfinch.
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