A MAN has been charged in connection with two alleged sexual assaults.

Oliver Purvis, 25, of Tanton Road, Flitch Green, is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court today to answer the charges.

It follows reports a woman in her 20s was assaulted in an alleyway off Chelmsford Road, Great Dunmow, at around 10.45pm on Thursday, May 28.

A 13-year-old girl was then allegedly assaulted along woodland off Tylers Avenue, Flitch Green, on Friday, May 29.

Police arrested a man in connection with the incidents during the early hours of Monday, June 1.

Officers say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with these incidents and have thanked the community for their support in the past week.