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A man has appeared in court charged with two sexual offences following a swift investigation by local officers in the west of the county.
On Wednesday 15 January officers were called to reports that a teenage girl had been assaulted after boarding bus at Grays Bus station at just before 6pm.
The victim got off the bus in Chadwell St Mary, and reported to police that the man also got off the bus at the same stop.
Victor Bradley, 78, of Vigerons Way, Grays, is charged with sexual assault and indecent exposure. He was due to appear before Southend-on- Magistrates’ Court on Monday 20 January.
If you have any information relating to this investigation, please get in contact quoting the crime reference number 42/MR/11045/25.
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