Pair charged with nearly 70 child sex offences

Anthony Marsh, a 53-year-old salesman, from Menson Drive, Hatfield, near Doncaster, who also uses the names Tony Taylor and Tony Smith, has been charged with 36 offences including possessing and distributing indecent images of children, and sexual activity with a child.

Unemployed Lee Davis, 39, from Rowena Road, Conisbrough, near Doncaster, who also uses the name James Parkin, has been charged with 32 offences including rape, sexual activity with a child, and taking indecent photographs of a child.

Both men have also been charged with conspiracy to commit sexual activity with children.

The offences the men have been charged with are alleged to have taken place over a number of years dating back to 2005.

Both men, who have been remanded into custody, are due to appear at Sheffield Crown Court on September 27 for a Plea and Case Management Hearing. A trial date has been provisionally set for December 2. Anyone with concerns about the case is being urged to contact South Yorkshire Police on 0114 220 2855.

It was announced last week that three major reviews have been launched into how child sexual exploitation offences are and have been dealt with in South Yorkshire, where authorities have been hit with a series of damaging sex abuse revelations.