A pensioner has been charged with historic sexual offences against children. 

Michael Salmon, 80, of no fixed abode, was charged on Friday with one count of rape of a female under 16, 24 counts of indecently assaulting a female and one count of indecently assaulting a male. 

The charges are in connection with allegations relating to the 1970s and 1980s in the Aylesbury area in relation to 19 victims.

Salmon is due to appear at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on December 11.