Hartlepool man, 61, appears in court charged with 17 sex offences

William Stapylton, aged 61, is accused of ten counts of indecently assaulting boys together with seven allegations of a serious sexual assault.

All of the offences date back several decades.

Stapylton, of Shrewsbury Street, Hartlepool, was not asked to enter any pleas during a brief hearing at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, February 24.

Magistrates sent the case to Teesside Crown Court to be next heard on March 25.

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