Hastings Magistrates' Court
UPDATE: On February 15, 2018 all four charges against Mr Downs were dropped when the CPS offered no evidence in this case.
A TEACHER will face court accused of indecently assaulting a teenager.
Douglas Downs, 44, of Belle Hill, Bexhill, will appear at Hastings Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
He will answer to four charges of indecent assault on a girl known to him who was then aged 15, in Hastings in September 1998.
A Sussex Police spokesman said there were no current safeguarding issues in relation to young people.
The prosecution follows an investigation by detectives following information received in October 2016.
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