TWO men have been charged with more offences in connection with an alleged child prostitution ring.

The men, aged 37 and 32, were charged as part of Operation Bullfinch.

The 37-year-old man, who had previously been charged with one count of conspiracy to rape a child, one count of rape of a child and one count of being concerned in the supply of cocaine, has now been charged with one count of causing actual bodily harm, one count of administering a drug or using an instrument to procure abortion, one count of trafficking within the UK, two counts of sexual assault on a child under 13, one count of serious sexual assault, two counts of facilitating the prostitution of a child under 13, two counts of conspiracy to rape a child under 16, two counts of rape of a child under 16, seven counts of rape of a child under 13 and one count of supplying a controlled drug.

The 32-year-old man, who had previously been charged with one count of rape of a child, has been charged with two counts of rape of a child under 13, one count of rape of a child under 16, two counts of facilitating prostitution of a child, one count of trafficking within the UK and two counts of conspiracy to rape a child.

Both men will appear before the courts today.