Ex-foster carer, 94, accused of child sex offences

A 94-year-old former foster carer has been charged with 21 sexual offences spanning several decades against three girls, police say.

Stanley Taylor, of Theydon Close in Crawley, West Sussex, is due to stand trial in March 2027 over claims of indecent assault, sexual assault of a child, unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl and indecency with a child.

A force spokesperson added the offences, which were first reported in 2019, are believed to have taken place over nearly 40 years, between 1971 and 2009.

Taylor, who was a foster carer between 1971 and 1991, has been released on conditional bail pending his trial, the force added.

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