A wheelchair bound Exeter pensioner has been charged with sex offences spanning 30 years.
Edward Owens, of Charnley Avenue, Exeter, has been charged with 18 offences – including eleven rapes on boys aged under 16.
The alleged offences – which also include sexual assault on males and indecent assaults – date back to 1982 and the latest allegation is said to have happened in November 2010.
Owens, 68, was not present in Exeter magistrates court to face the allegations in public for the first time because he is unwell and being treated at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
His solicitor Kate Scott said he is disabled and in a wheelchair and has health problems.
The JPs adjourned the case for a week so that Owens can attend court. He was granted conditional bail.
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