A 17-year-old Maldon youth appeared in court today accused of sex offences involving an Alsatian dog.
He is alleged to have carried out the offences with the dog in front of children and to have recorded them on his own iPhone Chelmsford Youth Court was told.
The youth, who for legal reasons cannot be identified, was granted conditional bail and is now due to appear at Basildon Youth Court on 16 May for a district judge to decide which court the full case should be heard in.
As well as the offences with the dog the youth is also accused of of sexual touching of a 13 year old girl and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a children, aged 11 and 12.
He is further accused of an act of outraging public decency at a park off Princes Road, Maldon, between the same dates by behaving in an indecent manner.
The youth was accompanied by his parents in court.
