FIFTY-nine-year-old Ely man Derek King is facing four sex charges involving a 13-year-old girl, and on Thursday he was sent for trial before Cambridge Crown Court. King, of High Barns, faces two charges of engaging in penetrative sex with the schoolgirl i
FIFTY-nine-year-old Ely man Derek King is facing four sex charges involving a 13-year-old girl, and on Thursday he was sent for trial before Cambridge Crown Court.
King, of High Barns, faces two charges of engaging in penetrative sex with the schoolgirl in Ely on May 7.
He is further accused of inciting the youngster to engage in a sex act, and engaging in a sex act with the teenager on the same date.
Ely magistrates told King that he must appear before the Cambridge Crown Court on November 10 for a preliminary hearing. He was given conditional bail.
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