A STROUD man in his 60s has appeared in court charged with historic sex offences against a girl.

The man is charged with six counts of indecent assault, four counts of gross indecency, and one count of attempted rape, all against one child.

The offences are alleged to have occured in Ebley in the 1980s.

He was due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court this morning (January 3).