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Feb 2025

Last Updated: 17/03/2026
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Harrogate man charged with historic rape

by Flora Grafton

| 22 Feb, 2025
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Harrogate Magistrates Court.

A man appeared at Harrogate Magistrates Court yesterday (February 21) accused of rape. 

Paul Geagan, of Hampsthwaite Road in Harrogate, has been charged with one count of raping a girl.

The offence is alleged to have happened in the late 1990s. 

The case was transferred to York Crown Court, where the 57-year-old will appear on March 31. 

Mr Geagan appeared in court but spoke only to confirm his name and address.

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