A MAN has been charged with a string of offences after allegedly assaulting children.
Mohammad Siddiqui, 54, has been charged with a total of 34 offences after a joint investigation involving Hampshire Constabulary and Thames Valley Police.
The alleged incidents happened in Hampshire, the West Midlands, Thames Valley, London, Dorset, and Wiltshire between 2015 and 2018, during circumcision procedures.
Siddiqui, from the Hockley area of Birmingham, is charged with offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, administering prescription-only medicine when not an appropriate practitioner, and causing unnecessary suffering to a child.
He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on November 6.
A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said: "We would encourage anyone who has concerns about whether these types of offences have been committed to use the HOLMES National Police Portal at https://mipp.police.uk/operation/44HC18Z01-PO1.
"If this is not possible please call 101 and ask for Hampshire Constabulary quoting Operation Jetson.
"Alternatively please call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
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