A 46-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with nine sexual offences alleged to have been committed in High Wycombe during the 1970s and 1980s.

Sean Horgan, of Bridge Court, Selby in North Yorkshire, was yesterday charged with seven counts of the rape of two girls under the age of 16.

He was also charged with one count of gross indecency with a girl under the age of 16 and one charge of aiding and abetting the rape of a female under 16.

All seven charges relate to offences carried out in High Wycombe between 1971 and 1981.

Horgan will appear before Aylesbury Crown Court on Tuesday, March 30.

Chief Inspector Colin Seaton said: “This man has been charged with a series of serious sexual offences following from an on going, protracted police investigation.”