A 39-YEAR-OLD has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with the rape and attempted rape of a boy and indecent assaults on a girl aged eight years old at the time of the first alleged incident.

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Darren Hollis, of Chestnut Grove, Accrington, was sent on bail to Burnley Crown Court where he will face two charges of raping the boy, two of attempting to rape him and four of causing him to engage in sexual activity, three charges of indecently assaulting the girl and one of attempting to indecently assault her.