42 charged in Kirklees child sexual offending investigation
The 39 men and three women have been charged with various offences
42 people have been charged by Police in Kirklees, as part of an investigation into child sexual offending.
The 39 men and three women, who are largely from the Kirklees area, have been charged with "a variety of mainly sexual offences," officers added.
The offences are alleged to have happened between 1995 and 2015, mainly in Dewsbury and Batley.
The allegations against the defendants involve offences committed against six female victims, who were children at the time the alleged offending began.
The men and women are due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court on Tuesday 30 November.
West Yorkshire Police has published a list of the people charged, and the charges they are facing, on their website.