A MAN has appeared in court accused of a sex assault on a nine-year-old girl.

Vincent Webb, 50, is said to have carried out the alleged offence in Basildon on August 3.

Webb, of Bradwell House, Wickford, faced a charge of intentionally sexually touching a girl under the age of 13 Basildon Magistrates’ Court heard.

He did not enter a plea, was released on conditional bail and will next appear at Basildon Crown Court.