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Sandown Man Facing 21 Serious Child Sex Offence Charges

A Sandown man is to appear in court next week, charged with more than 20 counts of serious child sexual offences.

Joshua Pelling, of Avenue Road, is due before Isle of Wight Magistrates on Tuesday (30).

The 35-year-old is accused of three counts of causing/inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity. He faces another four counts of causing/inciting a girl over 13 to engage in sexual activity.

He is also charged with six counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child.

Mr Pelling is also facing five charges of taking an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child, and three counts of making an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child.

The charges relate to incidents between 2015 to 2019.

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