A MAN has pleaded guilty in court after he was charged with multiple allegations of child sex abuse in Chard which date back to the late 1990s.

Kevin Jeffery Rodgers, 42 of Belmont Street, Easton, pleaded guilty to  three offences today at Taunton Crown Court which are said to have been committed on various dates in the town.

Rodgers pleaded guilty to one count of indecency with a girl under the age of 14 between 1998 and 2002.

The defendant also pleaded guilty to committing an act of indecency on the same victim by inciting her to urinate into a glass.

He also pleaded guilty to a further count of indecent assault on the same victim between July 19 2001 and June 26, 2002.

Rodgers was released on conditional bail and will be sentenced on June 2.