A civil servant accused of a series of sexual offences against a child appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

The 43-year-old Sandys man was charged with seven offences.

Prosecutors alleged that on March 27, the defendant showed a boy, who was under the age of 16, pornographic material and touched him for a sexual purpose.

The defendant was also accused of communicating with the boy online for the purpose of committing an indecent act and sexually touching the complainant on a date between March 26 and July 14.

The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was not required to enter a plea because the case must be heard in the Supreme Court.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo released the defendant on $10,000 bail and ordered him to have no contact with his alleged victim

The case was deferred until October 1 in the Supreme Court.

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