A man from Beaconsfield is due in court today charged with sexual assault on a girl under the age of 13.

Richard Cunningham, 46, of Maxwell Road was arrested by police on Saturday.

He was charged with one count of assault on girl under 13 by touching under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 yesterday.

Cunningham has been remanded in police custody and will appear before Wycombe Magistrates’ Court today.

The charge relates to an alledged incident at an address in Chalfont St Peter.

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