Man appears in court over sex attacks on teenage men and boys
A 66-year-old man has appeared in court accused of a string of sexual assaults against four teenage men and boys dating back to the 1990s.
Allan Grimson, of Hollesley, Suffolk, previously entered not guilty pleas to the rape of an 18-year-old man in “Hampshire or elsewhere” and five charges of indecent assault against the same complainant between February 1 1999 and November 30 1999.
He has also pleaded not guilty to four charges of indecent assault against a second victim aged under 16 in “Hampshire or elsewhere” between March 26 1999 and October 31 1999.
At a short hearing at Portsmouth Crown Court which the defendant attended by videolink from HMP Winchester, Judge Michael Bowes confirmed the trial would start at Winchester Crown Court on June 29, 2026, with a further case management hearing on March 9.
Grimson has also entered not guilty pleas to a count of indecent assault of a third victim between February 28 1994 and December 31 1994, and indecent assault of a fourth victim between September 30 1998, and December 1 1998.
Hampshire police previously said the offences were alleged to have taken place in Portsmouth and Tyne and Wear.