A man has been charged with historic sexual offences. Two victims, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, separately reported their experiences to Sussex Police and are not known to each other. The investigations relate to sexual offences on a boy under 16 and a young man in Hastings in the 1990s and 2000s.
A 76-year-old was arrested and following an investigation by the Hastings Community Investigation team, has been charged with indecent assault on a boy under the age of 16, and three counts of sexual assault on a male. Keith Chaplin, formerly an electrician of Kingsley Close, St Leonards, will appear before Hastings Magistrates’ Court on October 23 to answer the charges..
