Sex attack suspect to surrender passport and report to Blackpool Police station once a week

A Blackpool man has made his first appearance at court charged with a sex offence on the island of Malta.
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Paul Gorman, 60, who has addresses on the island and also on Empress Drive, North Shore, is accused of assaulting a 10-year-old girl between March 2016 and March 2017.

Gorman was bailed by District Judge Jane Goodwin, sitting at Blackpool Magistrates Court.

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He denied the offence and his case was sent for trial at Preston Crown Court.

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Gorman was bailed on the condition he surrenders his passport and reports to Blackpool Police station once a week.

He must have no contact with children under the age of 17.

Patrick Nelligan, defending, said: “He was arrested at the airport on his return to this country at Christmas.”