Charges following sexual exploitation investigation

We have charged a 43-year-old man with seven offences relating to an investigation in to the reported sexual exploitation of girls in Lincoln.

Officers have been conducting an investigation over the past five months into reports of men travelling from outside the county for sexual gain.

Zaheer Hussain, of Newark Avenue, Dogsthorpe, in Peterborough, was charged in the early hours of Friday 26 April. 

His charges are:

• Two counts of child sexual exploitation
• Two counts of human trafficking
• Two counts of rape
• Perverting the course of justice

Following a hearing at Lincoln Magistrates' Court on Saturday 27, he was remanded into custody and is due to appear at Lincoln Crown Court on 24 May. 

A 49-year-old man also arrested in connection with this investigation remains on police bail, and our enquiries are continuing.