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Man appears in court charged with multiple sexual assaults

By Tim Lethaby   16th Jul 2021

Added on 05 July 2018 at 16:38

A 66-year-old man has appeared in court charged with multiple sexual assaults against children.

Paul Dowbekin, from Nunney, appeared at Yeovil Magistrates' Court today (5 July) charged with 11 offences between 2002 and 2010 committed against five children, aged under 14, all of whom were pupils at a school in Somerset. All have been offered specialist support.

Dowbekin will next appear in Taunton Crown Court on August 6.

Anyone who believes they may have information which could assist our ongoing investigation is asked to call 101 providing the call handler with the reference 5217184358.

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