Abuse suspect returned for trial

A 72-year-old man who faces 14 child sex abuse charges was returned for trial on bail from Derry Magistrates' Court yesterday. The defendant faces eight charges of indecently assaulting a child and four charges of inciting a child to commit an act of gross indecency. He is further charged with two counts of committing acts of gross indecency towards a child. The offences are alleged to have occurred between June 1991 and October 1997.