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Issue #24 - September Edition 2015 Published in Coleshill, North Warks. The Coleshill Post @ColeshillPost
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Fillongley pensioner faces trial accused of alleged child sex offences A PENSIONER from Fillongley is to face trial in the new year accused of a string of sex offences.
Ronald Potter, 78, from Fillongley, faces allegations of being part of a child prostitution sex ring. He is accused along with 12 other men charged in connection with the alleged sexual exploitation of teenage boys. The group are alleged to have facilitated the prostitution of a 15-year-old boy and face separate multiple sex offence allegations against a child. Chareges against Potter include: arranging/facilitating the prostitution/involvement in pornography of a child aged 13-17; engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a boy aged 13-15; and rape of an under-age boy. Potter was charged in July this year by specialist child protection officers from West Midlands Police along with the rest of the group who come from across the country. The charges relate to incidents which took place in 2009 and 2010. Potter has also been charged with two counts of indecent assault on a boy under the age of 16 between 2001 and 2002. The other men who, hail from Birmingham, Stokeon-Trent, Rowley Regis and London, include rape of an underage child, arranging the prostituion of a child aged 13-17, making and possessing indecent photographs of a child, possession of class A and B drugs and possession of a firearm. 12 men, 10 of whom are on bail, will appear at Birmingham City’s Crown Court on November 18th when they are expected to enter pleas.
Pedestrian killed in suspected hit and run on Blythe Road
Police appeal for witnesses to incident in the early hours of Sunday 27th A SUSPECTED hit and run victim has died in an incident on Blythe Road in the early hours of Sunday morning 27th September. Paramedics and police were called to Blythe Road at 4.30am after receiving reports that a man had be hit by a vehicle. There were no vehicles at the scene when the emergency services arrived. The Coventry Telegraph reported: A West Midlands Ambulance
Service spokesman said: “When he was found, the man was in cardiac arrest and had suffered multiple injuries. “Sadly, there was nothing that could be done to save him and he was confirmed dead at the scene.” Since the collision police have launched an urgent appeal for witnesses. Anyone who saw the collision, or has any information about it, should call Warwickshire Police on 101 and quote incident 67 of September 27.
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