Six men, in­clud­ing three po­lice of­fi­cers, have been freed of hu­man traf­fick­ing and child sex­u­al as­sault of­fences due to is­sues in pros­e­cut­ing their case.

Act­ing In­spec­tor Ra­jesh Gokool, PC Richard Lal­be­har­ry, PC Vi­cash Ram­ta­hal, busi­ness­man Matthew Ross, An­drew George and Venezue­lan na­tion­al Julio Perez, were freed of the charges as their case came up for hear­ing be­fore High Court Mas­ter Mar­garet Sookraj-Goswa­mi, yes­ter­day morn­ing.

All six men were ac­cused of coun­selling a gang and re­cruit­ing, trans­port­ing, trans­fer­ring and har­bour­ing a child for ex­ploita­tion.