A MAN has appeared in court charged with sexual offences.

Jim Hobbs, 48, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court via a live link from HMP Winchester.

He is accused of two counts of sexual assault on a female aged 16 or over when she did not consent and the defendant did not reasonably believe that she was consenting.

The alleged offences took place at an address in Dorchester on a date in September last year.

Hobbs has not yet entered a plea and will next appear at Bournemouth Crown Court on Monday, January 6, for a trial.