A HEREFORDSHIRE man has been sent to the crown court accused of exposing his genitals to children in Herefordshire.

Brian Fletcher appeared before magistrates in Hereford accused of 10 offences.

The court heard Fletcher is accused of masturbating in the presence of a child in their early teens in Leominster between July 18, 2018, and September 5, 2021, between July 18, 2019 and September 5, 2021, and between January 1, 2020, and September 24, 2021.

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He is also accused of exposing his genitals to one person on occasions between June 8, 2019, and November 21, 2021, to another on some 20 occasions between September 24, 2020, and September 23, 2021, and to another between July 18, 2019, and September 5, 2021.

The 53-year-old is further accused of intentionally exposing his genitals intending that someone would see them and be caused alarm or distress in Leominster on September 5, 2021.

Fletcher, of Wigmore Street, Leominster, entered no plea and was sent to Worcester Crown Court, where he will appear for a plea and trial preparation hearing on June 8.