A 64-YEAR-OLD man is due to appear in court later this month charged with 22 sexual offences.
The Waltham Abbey man, who police have not named, is charged with 10 counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14, three counts of acts outraging public decency and nine counts of gross indecency.
The offences are all said to have taken place in Roydon between 2000 and 2003.
The man has been released on bail and is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on April 27.
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