Former Rotherham police officer charged with causing girl, 15, to engage in sexual activity

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <b>South Yorkshire Police officer Daniel Cookson, 27, was based in Rotherham</b><b> </b></h1> <ul class="article-summary news mol-bullets-with-font" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He was arrested in November last year and charged on August 21</b></li> <li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Alleged offence was committed between March and November last year</b></li> <li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></b></li> </ul> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A former Rotherham police officer has been charged with with causing a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity, his force said today. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">South Yorkshire Police officer Daniel Cookson, 27, who was previously based in the town, was  arrested in November, and was charged on August 21 -  but South Yorkshire Police released the information only today. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It comes after a report revealed at least 1,400 girls were sexually exploited in the town between 1997 and 2008. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Charged: Daniel Cookson, 27, a former Rotherham policeman, has been charged with causing a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity" class="blkBorder img-share" height="284" id="i-e1c17caaaca35f7e" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/28/1409237546328_wps_1_Pic_Bruce_Adams_Copy_Unkn.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Charged: Daniel Cookson, 27, a former Rotherham policeman, has been charged with causing a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity</span></div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The force said he was 'previously based in Rotherham'.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It said the charge relates to an alleged offence committed between March and November last year and Cookson was suspended when he was arrested in November. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cookson was bailed to appear at Leeds Crown Court on September 11, magistrates’ court staff said. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It is understood that the allegation is not related in any way to wider issues of child abuse in Rotherham. </span></div> </div>

Former Rotherham police officer charged with causing girl, 15, to engage in sexual activity

South Yorkshire Police officer Daniel Cookson, 27, was based in Rotherham   He was arrested in November last year and charged on August ...

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