Thirteen men appeared in court charged with serious child grooming sex offences.
All the men, aged between 21 and 34, were accused of numerous offences against multiple teenage girls aged between 14 and 17. The offences span over a two-year period between 2016 and 2018, mainly in the Blackrod and Adlington areas of Bolton.
The men were brought into court in groups of three or four for brief hearings at Bolton Magistrates' Court yesterday, Tuesday, April 4. Peter Williams, prosecuting, told magistrates the alleged offences were serious and needed to be dealt with before a judge at a crown court.
