A man accused of a series of sex attacks on young girls has been found guilty of seven counts of indecent assault.
Brian Hoverd 46, of Charterville Close, Minster Lovell, west Oxfordshire, was remanded in custody today after a jury at Oxford Crown Court returned guilty verdicts on six counts of indecent assault on a girl in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The jury also convicted Hoverd of one count of indecent assault on a five year old girl in the late 1990s, but cleared him of three counts of rape.
At his trial Hoverd denied 11 counts of indecent assault and 11 counts of rape.
After the verdicts were returned this morning, he stands accused of a further four counts of indecent assault and eight counts of rape.
Judge Anthony King remanded Hoverd in custody and sent the jury out to continue their deliberations on the remaining charges.
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