A sixty-year-old Pembroke Dock Paedophile, Anthony Kenniford, is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, January 2, facing many charges of historical child sexual offences originating from the 1980s.
Anthony Kenniford, residing on Britannia Drive in Pembroke Dock, is scheduled to attend his initial hearing in the case.
Anthony Kenniford is confronted with four allegations under historical sexual crime statutes.
The allegations comprise two counts of indecent assault on a male under the age of fourteen, in violation of Section 15(1) and Schedule 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956. The alleged acts happened between May 1984 and May 1986, and between April 1985 and April 1988, in Pembroke.
Mr. Anthony Kenniford is additionally charged with two counts of inducing a minor under the age of sixteen to engage in an act of gross indecency, in violation of Section 1(1) of the Indecency with Children Act 1960. These offences are purported to have transpired during the identical timeframe.
If convicted, the offences entail a maximum sentence of six months’ imprisonment and/or an indeterminate fine.
Under the Sexual Offences Amendment Act 1992, complainants in the case are afforded perpetual anonymity.
The matter will be adjudicated at a magistrates’ court, with procedures anticipated to commence in the upcoming year.
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