A man has been charged with four counts of engaging in sexual activities with a child in Reading.

Thames Valley Police charged a man on Thursday, October 1, with a count each of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, engaging in penetrative sexual acts with a child and making indecent photographs of a child.

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Roy Coxhead, 65, from Erleigh Road in Reading appeared at Reading Magistrates' Court on Friday, October 2.

He has been charged with four counts of engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a child, and a single count of supplying a controlled drug of class B, namely cannabis.

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The charges relate to a time period between March and June in 2017, and the offences took place in Reading.

Coxhead has been remanded to appear at Reading Crown Court on Monday, November 2.