DETECTIVES are considering a complaint made by former MP Louise Mensch about two Bradford solicitors alleged to have shared the names and ordeals of victims of a child sex ring.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is considering the report made about Alias Yousaf of Chambers Solicitors and another, unnamed, senior solicitor at the same firm.

Both deny any wrongdoing.

Mr Yousaf represented a defendant in the high profile Rochdale grooming case heard at Liverpool Crown Court in 2012. His client was one of nine men convicted and was jailed for eight years for his part in the abuse.

It has now been alleged that prior to the case reaching trial, Mr Yousaf emailed an unredacted case summary to a member of the public.

Mrs Mensch's complaint to GMP - which handled the grooming case - asks the force to investigate under the Children and Young Persons' Act and the Data Protection Act, as well as consider Contempt of Court laws.

"I've filed a report with Greater Manchester Police against Alias Yousaf," she told the Telegraph & Argus.

Mrs Mensch said the little girls involved deserved privacy.

"The allegations are extraordinarily serious," she added.

Last night a GMP spokesman confirmed: "On Monday, March 16, 2015, Greater Manchester Police received a report relating to an alleged leak of confidential information. The matter is linked to the prosecution of a number of men in a high profile exploitation case in Rochdale in 2011.

"Enquiries into this matter are ongoing."

Last month, Mrs Mensch, the former Conservative MP, for Corby posted Tweets alleging that Mr Yousaf had leaked names of child sex abuse victims. This led to Mr Yousaf sending her a Letter Before Action, a libel protocol, threatening court proceedings and asking for the Tweets to be deleted, payment of £4,000 in legal fees and a compensation proposal.

Mrs Mensch said she had not removed the Tweets and her lawyer had written to Chambers.

The Letter Before Action, seen by the Telegraph & Argus, says Mr Yousaf did not make "unauthorised or deliberate disclosures of any material to any person".

But it does refer to an email and three-page case summary attachment sent "with the express permission and authority of the defendant".

It said that information was sent on the "strict understanding" it would not be shared and used only for research purposes, and adds that a senior solicitor was aware.

Last night, Mr Yousaf told the T&A: "Not only do we deny any wrongdoing, but we have at all times acted in accordance with our professional obligations - any suggestion to the contrary is nonsense and entirely malicious."

Mr Yousaf has also been referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) over the allegations.

The watchdog is also investigating at least two separate complaints about Chambers Solicitors regarding similar Letters Before Action which were recently sent to up to 12 Twitter users on behalf of Bradford West MP George Galloway.

A spokesman for the SRA said it did not usually confirm if a complaint had been made about a particular firm, or how many.

He added: "It is only if disciplinary action it taken against a solicitor that it becomes a matter of public record."