Two retired West Yorkshire Police officers charged with child sex offences
The pair were part of the WYP Mounted Section in Pontefract at the time of the offences
Two retired West Yorkshire Police officers have been charged with child sex offences, said to have happened during the mid-1990s.
The pair were both members of the Mounted Section, based in Pontefract, at the time of the allegations.
They were arrested last year after a woman came forward in 2023 to report what had happened to her.
Former Sergeant William Baker, 78, of Hayle inCornwall, has been charged with three counts of indecent assault on a girl under 16 and two counts of rape of a female under 16.
Ex-PC Ian Hopkinson, 63, of Redcar in Cleveland, has been charged with five counts of indecent assault on a girl under 16 and five counts of rape of a female under 16.
A third man, aged 74, who was also arrested last year, has since died.