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• Man Charged With Serious Sexual Offences, Kirklees

  13-01-2026 13:33 via westyorkshire.police.uk
  Tuesday 13 January, 2025A Leeds man will appear before magistrates charged with sexual offences as part of investigations into non recent child sexual exploitation and abuse in Kirklees.  Kulvinder Sandoo Singh, aged 58, from Leeds, who self defines as Asian, Indian, will appear before Kirklees Magistrate's Court on 18 March, 2026 charged with two offences of rape and an offence of buggery.    He will also appear charged with three offences of assault occasioning actually bodily h
  
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• More Than 280 Arrests Made During Campaign Targeting Drink and Drug Driving

  13-01-2026 10:33 via westyorkshire.police.uk
  Tuesday 13 January 2026More than 280 suspected drink or drug drivers were arrested in West Yorkshire over the Christmas and New Year period.  A total of 288 people were arrested on suspicion of drink or drug driving during our annual Christmas and New Year road safety campaign which ran from 1 December to 1 January.  Find out more:
  
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• Man Jailed For Child Sex Offences, Bradford

  13-01-2026 09:22 via westyorkshire.police.uk
  Tuesday 13 January 2026A man has been sentenced after being found guilty of child sex offences.  Bradford District Children Vulnerable to Exploitation Team carried out an investigation in David Masters after a report in 2024 about a 16 year old who was missing from her home.  A complex investigation involving multiple victims was carried out and Masters was charged with a number of offences.  Find out more:
  
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