The Offender Database has reported that seven members of the Bristol Grooming Gang, consisting of Syrian, Iranian and Arab Paedophiles, have been indicted following authorisation from the Crown Prosecution Service in connection with an inquiry into organised child sexual exploitation in Bristol.
The seven members of the Bristol Grooming Gang face over 40 charges, which occurred between 2022 and 2025.
They were re-arrested on Tuesday, November 11, during a targeted police operation in Bristol and are scheduled to appear at Bristol Magistrates’ Court this morning, November 12.
The inquiry commenced in November 2023 on concerns about the sexual exploitation of a teenage girl.
In April 2024, preliminary arrests occurred during a day of action in the city. The seven members of the Bristol Grooming Gang were granted bail to facilitate enquiries, with a specialised team assigned to identify and investigate the charges.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised charges against seven members of the Bristol Grooming Gang. The charges pertain to a total of 11 victims, all of whom were in their mid to late teens at the time of the purported acts.
- Mohamed Arafe, 19, of Speedwell in Bristol. He is Syrian and his self-defined ethnicity is Arab. He has been charged with five counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one count of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child, one count of sexual assault, one count of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and a further count of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy.
- Sina Omari, 20, of Fishponds in Bristol. He is Iranian and his self-defined ethnicity is Arab. He has been charged with two counts of rape, four counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one count of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child, two counts of making an indecent photograph of a child, one count of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and a further count of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy.
- Wadie Sharaf, 21, of Redland in Bristol. He is Syrian and his self-defined ethnicity is Arab. He has been charged with one count of rape, one count of attempted rape, three counts of sexual assault, and a further count of sexual activity with a child.
- Hussain Bashar, 19, of Southmead in Bristol. He is British and his self-defined ethnicity is ‘Any other’. He has been charged with one count of rape.
- Mohammed Kurdi, 21, of Henbury in Bristol. He is British and his self-defined ethnicity is Arab. He has been charged with two counts of rape, two counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one count of supplying a class A drug (ecstasy) and a further count of supplying a class B drug (cannabis).
- A 19-year-old man, who we’re unable to name for legal reasons, has been charged with four counts of rape, one count of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one count of distributing an indecent photograph of a child, one count of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and a further count of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy.
- A 26-year-old man, who we’re unable to name for legal reasons, has been charged with two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
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