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27/03/2013
77-Year-Old Faces 20 Sexual Assault Offences
A 77-year-old former police seargant is to appear before Blackburn Magistrates' Court today on charges of 20 different sexual and cruelty offences against children.
Jeffrey Lake of Peregian Springs, Queensland, Australia, is charged with seven offences of indecent assault against a girl under 13 and four offences of gross indecency against a girl under 14.
He also faces two counts of rape of a girl under 16, one count of rape of a girl over 16, one offence of gross indecency against a boy under 14 and three offences of cruelty against a person under 16.
Lake also faces charges of two other sexual offences.
The alleged offences were committed between January 1960 and June 1975 and allegedly relate to two victims.
The charges follow Mr Lake's arrest by Australian police in January on suspicion of the sexual and physical abuse of children.
He was detained at an address in Peregian Springs, Queensland on behalf of Lancashire Constabulary before being extradited to the UK.
He arrived in the UK on Tuesday, March 26 and was charged and remanded to appear at court.
(IT)
Jeffrey Lake of Peregian Springs, Queensland, Australia, is charged with seven offences of indecent assault against a girl under 13 and four offences of gross indecency against a girl under 14.
He also faces two counts of rape of a girl under 16, one count of rape of a girl over 16, one offence of gross indecency against a boy under 14 and three offences of cruelty against a person under 16.
Lake also faces charges of two other sexual offences.
The alleged offences were committed between January 1960 and June 1975 and allegedly relate to two victims.
The charges follow Mr Lake's arrest by Australian police in January on suspicion of the sexual and physical abuse of children.
He was detained at an address in Peregian Springs, Queensland on behalf of Lancashire Constabulary before being extradited to the UK.
He arrived in the UK on Tuesday, March 26 and was charged and remanded to appear at court.
(IT)
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