Six men have been charged with sex offences against underage girls. Codrin Dura, 25, Leonard Paun, 22, Stefan Ciuraru, 21, Bogdan Gugiuman, 43, Klaudio Aleksiu, 27, and Ionut Mihai, 27 and are accused of committing offences against six females under the age of 18. The offences are alleged to have been carried out in the Gateshead area. Police are calling for people to 'avoid speculation both in the community and online which could jeopardise proceedings'. Dura, of Ripon Street, Bensham, Gateshead, has been charged with 17 offences. He has been charged with eight counts of rape, four counts of sexual activity with a child, one count of attempted rape, one count of assault by penetration and one count of arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence. He has also been charged with one count of supplying a Class A drug and one count of blackmail. Paun, of Windsor Avenue, Saltwell, Gateshead, has been charged with 11 offences. He is accused of five counts of rape, two counts of arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence, one count of sexual activity with a child, one count of sexual assault, one count of distributing photos of a child and one count of supplying a Class A drug Ciuraru, of Brinkburn Avenue, Saltwell, Gateshead, has been charged with six offences. They are four counts of sexual assault, one count of sexual activity with a child and one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. Gugiuman, of Westbourne Avenue, Saltwell, Gateshead, has been charged with four counts of rape and one count of supplying a Class A drug. Aleksiu, of Church Terrace, Windsor, Berkshire, has been charged with two counts of rape and one count of supplying a Class A drug. Mihai, of Claremont South Avenue, Bensham, Gateshead, has been charged three counts of rape. All six defendants were charged and released on conditional bail when they appeared before Newcastle Magistrates' Court last week. Dura, Paun, Ciuraru, Gugiuman, Aleksiu and Mihai, will appear at will appear at Newcastle Magistrates' Court in August..