THREE men accused of historical sex offences are due to stand trial.

The offences are alleged to have been carried out in Leeds between 1996 and 2008, with further alleged offences in Barrow between 2008 and 2010.

The charges were brought last year following a joint investigation by Cumbria and West Yorkshire police forces.

The three men, who are from Leeds and Doncaster, are due to stand trial over the offences at Preston Crown Court.

Expected to between four and five weeks, it will start on Monday.

Shaha Amran Miah, 44, of no fixed abode but from Leeds, was charged with rape, sexual assault, kidnap and two counts of witness intimidation in the Barrow area as well as six counts of indecent assault and six counts of gross indecency with a child in Leeds.

Shaha Alman Miah, 43, of no fixed abode, Leeds, was charged with two counts of sexual activity with a child aged under age of 16 in Barrow.

And Shah Joman Miah, 34, of Warmsworth Road in Doncaster, was charged with five counts of sexual activity with a child under the age of 16, two counts of false imprisonment and one count of sexual assault in Barrow.