AN elderly man has been remanded in custody after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl.
Stephen Shepherd, 60, was on trial at Oxford Crown Court last week charged with three counts of assaulting a child under 13 by touching and two counts of assaulting a child under 13 by penetration.
It was alleged that the offences, including touching her chest and digital penetration, took place between 2021 and 2022 against a young girl who cannot be named for legal reasons.
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Shepherd, of Perry's Road, Stanford in the Vale, near Faringdon, denied the offences.
However, on Friday (August 30), he was found guilty of all counts and was remanded in custody.
He will now be sentenced at the same court on October 25.
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