A MAN from Stacksteads has been found guilty of 15 counts of sexual offences, including rape and gross indecency with a child.

A jury at Preston Crown Court found Joseph Swift, 53, of Cutler Greens Farm, guilty of three rapes, one attempted rape and 11 indecent assaults.

He was cleared of one count of attempted rape, one of gross indecency, and three indecent assaults.