Man charged with sexual offences against child

A man has appeared in court accused of sexual offences against a young girl.

Shaun Gannon, 68, appeared before Hastings Magistrates’ Court on April 2.

It relates to a Sussex Police investigation launched in 2023, of a girl known who cannot be identified for legal reasons.

The alleged offences relate to the early 2020s.

Gannon, of an address in Crowhurst, was charged with three counts of sexual assault by touching of a girl under the age of 13, and two counts of making a photograph or pseudo photograph of a child.

He has been bailed to appear before a Crown Court in Sussex on 30 April to answer the charges.

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