The case against 17 defendants was part of a large-scale police operation involving evidence from 6 months of police surveillance, DNA, cell site, telephone billing data and seizures of over 10kg of class A drugs across Leeds and Blackpool.
The defendant Ken Chik was convicted after a 4 week trial in September 2021 at Hull Crown Court for offences included rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, sexual activity with a child, causing a child to engage in sexual activity and cruelty.
Lewis was sentenced to 6 years for 11 counts including multiple counts of sexual activity with a child, inciting child sexual activity and producing and possessing indecent images of children under the age of 18
Tom Gent, Kate Wilson, Giles Grant and Naomi McLoughlin all appeared to represent interested persons at a recent inquest into the death of a boatman who was working at the site of the Flood Alleviation Scheme on the River Aire in October 2017.