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    14

    Jun 2022

    Last Updated: 14/06/2022
    Crime
    Crime

    Man, 67, pleads not guilty to sexual act in Harrogate's Valley Gardens

    by Suzannah Rogerson

    | 14 Jun, 2022
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    Kevin Payne, 67, from Bingley, is charged with outraging public decency and breaching a sexual harm prevention order.

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    A 67-year-old man pleaded not guilty in court today to performing a sexual act in Valley Gardens.

    Kevin Payne, from Ling Park Avenue, Bingley, was charged with outraging public decency and breaching a sexual harm prevention order.

    A member of the public reported seeing a man carrying out a sexual act on Sunday afternoon at the popular family venue.

    North Yorkshire Police subsequently arrested Mr Payne and charged him with the two offences.

    Appearing at York Magistrates Court this morning, he pleaded not guilty to both charges and was sent for trial at York Crown Court on July 11.

    He will remain in custody until the hearing.



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