A MAN has been charged with a series of sexual offences against children spanning almost 24 years.

Mark Ford, 65, of Ambleston, appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court charged with 11 sexual offences.

Ford was charged with three offences of indecent assault against a girl between 1999 and 2001.

He was also accused of indecent assault and two offences of gross indecency with a second child between 2000 and 2003.

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In December 2022, Ford was alleged to have twice caused a third child – who was under the age of 13 – to watch him engaging in sexual activity.

The defendant was charged with two offences of sexual assault by touching of a nine-year-old girl between December 2022 and January 2023. He was also accused of causing the nine-year-old to watch an image of a person engaging in sexual activity on January 3 last year.

No pleas were entered at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court, and the case was sent to Swansea Crown Court.

Ford was granted bail, and will appear to enter his pleas at Swansea Crown Court on September 6.