A 69-year-old man has appeared in court charged with sexual offences.

James Mahoney, of Harkness Court in Franklin Gardens, Hitchin, appeared before Cambridge Crown Court last Tuesday, January 28, for a preliminary hearing after being charged with three counts of sexual assault on females and one count of assault of a girl under 13 between July 2012 and August 2013.

The case has been adjourned until April 7 when a plea and case management hearing will take place at Cambridge Crown Court.