Pensioner faces charges of gross indecency and indecent assault against a child
A 78-year-old man is facing 13 charges of alleged sex offences against a girl aged under 14.
By David Tooley
Published
The offences are alleged to have taken place in the Bridgnorth area in the late 1990s and include alleged gross indecency and sexual assault.
The case against John Smith, of Millfield Close, Rustington, in Littlehampton,West Sussex, was adjourned to June 20 after Telford Magistrates Court was told on Tuesday that he was unable to attend for health reasons.
District Judge Barnes adjourned the case to June 20.