A FATHER-OF-TWO, a hospital porter and a security guard were among six Oxford men at court accused of involvement in an alleged child prostitution ring.

The men appeared at court on Saturday to face a total of 34 charges including child rape, trafficking, and threats to kill.

Police investigating the suspected gang are also hunting for more possible members as charges against the defendants include references to “others unknown”.

The men, some of who were wearing dark blue prison sweatshirts, stared only at the floor, the judge and lawyers, as the details of the case against them were heard.

Brothers Akhtar and Anjun Dogar, of Tawney Street, East Oxford, and Kamar Jamil, of Aldrich Road, Summertown, sat in the dock together on Saturday morning. Hospital porter Akhtar, 31, is accused of three counts of rape, one of conspiring to rape a child, three of arranging the prostitution of a child, one of making a threat to kill and one of trafficking.

All are alleged to have taken place between May 2004 and July 2010.

Unemployed Anjun, 30, is charged with conspiring to rape a child, arranging prostitution of a child and trafficking between July 2005 and July 2010.

Father-of-two Jamil, a security guard who works in St Aldate’s, faces four counts of rape, two of arranging the prostitution of a child, one of making a threat to kill and one of possession of cocaine with intent to supply.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between May 2004 and March this year.

The 26-year-old waved to members of the public in the court gallery as he was taken back into custody.

Brothers Mohammed and Bassan Karrar appeared in the dock with Zeshan Ahmed, 26, in the afternoon.

The eldest, Mohammed of Cowley Road, wore a dark coat with a fake fur rim around the hood.

The unemployed 37-year-old is charged with two counts of conspiracy to rape a child and one count of supplying cocaine to a child between July 2004 and July 2009.

His 32-year-old brother, a security guard of no fixed address, is charged with raping a 14-year-old girl in November 2006.

Unemployed Ahmed, of Palmer Road, Wood Farm, wore a pink T-shirt as he listened to the charges against him.

He faces 10 counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child between January 2010 and January this year. Charges came late on Friday after police arrested 13 men in dawn raids on Thursday following an investigation into the alleged abuse of 24 vulnerable girls aged between 11 and 16.

The defendants were denied bail at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court by district judge Lynne Matthews. They will stay in custody until they appear at Aylesbury Crown Court on Friday for a preliminary hearing.

The men had been held at Abingdon Police Station before the court appearance.

Det Insp Simon Morton, the inspector leading the case, said the investigation began in May last year. He said: “This is a very long and complex operation and has many focuses.”