A 38-year-old man appeared in court today charged with sexual offences relating to a 13-year-old boy.

Anthony Ridgeway-Cole, from Southern Way in Letchworth, pleaded not guilty at Stevenage Magistrates’ Court to causing a child to watch pornography involving two men in 2013.

The second charge relates to encouraging the boy to engage in sexual activity, by repeatedly bringing up the topic of masturbation.

Mr Ridgeway-Cole has been given conditional bail to appear at Cambridge Crown Court on Tuesday, October 12, as well as a plea and case management hearing on Monday, December 21.