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    18

    Aug 2023

    Last Updated: 18/08/2023
    Crime
    Crime

    Ripon woman charged with sexually assaulting boy under 13

    by Vicky Carr

    | 18 Aug, 2023
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    Harrogate magistrates court

    A Ripon woman is facing five charges relating to sexual offences against a child.

    Denise Povall, 60, has been charged with four counts of inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity with her.

    She has also been charged with sexually assaulting a boy under 13 by touching him.

    The offences are alleged to have taken place around 15 years ago.

    Ms Povall, of Bondgate Green in Ripon, is expected to enter pleas to the charges at a hearing at Harrogate Magistrates Court on Friday, September 1.



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