Shaun Hewer, 65, found guilty of historic child sexual abuse in Portsmouth and Gosport

A man will be sentenced for historic child sex crimes after jurors found him guilty.

Shaun Hewer, 65, of no fixed address, was found guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court of five counts of indecent assault of a girl under 14 during the 1970s and 1980s.

The offences happened in Gosport and Portsmouth. He was found not guilty of one offence of indecent assault on the same girl.

Hewer will be sentenced on October 26. He was remanded in custody.

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