A man from Balsall Common is among 12 men to have been charged with sexual offences relating to a young teenage girl.

All 12 men will appear at Leamington Magistrates' Court on Friday 29 August in connection with the alleged offences which involved a female ictim aged between 11 and 14 years old.

They are alleged to have taken place in north Warwickshire, Yorkshire, Darlington, Newcastle and Northumbria between 2018 and 2021.

Some of the men - all aged between 20 and 30 - have been charged with a variety of offences including sexual exploitation, rape, distribution of indecent images of children and possession of indecent images of children.

They are:

• Louis Gaskin, aged 22 of Windmill Lane, Balsall Common. Charged with possession of indecent images of children.
• Teddy Jones, aged 23 of Smorrall Lane, Bedworth. Charged with sexual exploitation of a child, possession and distribution of indecent images of children.
• Michael Wilshire, aged 23 of Mile Tree Lane, Coventry. Charged with sexual exploitation of a child.
• William Evans, aged 23 of Long Lane, Walsall. Charged with sexual exploitation of a child.
• John Jenkins, aged 22 of Lime Lane, Walsall. Charged with rape of a child.
• Henry Brazil, aged 22 of Hessam Heights, Morecambe. Charged with sexual exploitation of a child and distribution of indecent images of children.
• Jack Forrest, aged 21 of Shilton Lane, Coventry. Charged with rape of a child and sexual activity with a child.
• Billy Maguire, aged 20 of Treswell Cottnum Road, Tresswell. Charged with rape of a child and sexual activity with a child.
• George Flannigan, aged 21 of The Mead, Darlington. Charged with rape of a child under 13 and distribution of indecent images of children.
• Henry Gaskin, aged 20 of Measham Road, Oakthorne, Swadlincote. Charged with possession of indecent images of children.
• Charlie Lee, aged 30 of Mile Tree Lane, Coventry. Charged with possession and distribution of indecent images of children.
• Richard Lee, aged 22 of Westbourne Grove, Selby, North Yorkshire. Charged with possession of indecent images of children.

Warwickshire Police said: "They were all postally requisitioned last week and will appear at Leamington Magistrates' Court on Friday 29 August."