Preston man faces child rape and trafficking allegations involving women in the city as trial gets underway

Amos O’Cheng, 51, of Winckley Square, Preston, and his co-defendant Dickson Ngaunde, 37, of Stanford Avenue, Brighton, Sussex are charged with a number of offences.

O’Cheng is accused of three counts of raping a child, two of raping a woman, three of facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation, false imprisonment, and four drugs charges.

Ngaunde is accused of raping a woman, false imprisonment and facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation.

Both deny the offences.

The trial follows a Lancashire Police probe.

It is understood the allegations relate to six female victims aged between 14 and 19 years of age.

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