A 74-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with indecent assaults on a young boy going back more than 50 years.
Brian Scholes, of Milnshaw Gardens, Accrington, was adjourned and sent on bail to Burnley Crown Court where he will appear on September 21.
The four offences of indecent assault on a boy under the age of 14 are alleged to have been committed between December 1963 and December 1965.
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