Man appears in court over incidents of approaching children in Portsmouth park
A man has appeared in court after being charged with breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order when allegedly approaching numerous children in a park and assaulting one of them.
Jason Dixon, 32, of Milton Road was arrested and charged following a number of suspicious incidents in Cobden Park. On Monday, December 1 he allegedly approached an 11-year-old girl and tried to speak to her before she ran off, with him then approaching the same girl two days later.
Following on from this, a 12-year-old boy reported that a man was trying to photographs of him on on his mobile phone in the same park on Monday, January 26. The man then assaulted the boy by grabbing him around the neck and stomach.
A Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary spokesperson previously said: “A 32-year-old man is due in court following suspicious incidents and an assault involving children in Cobden Park in Portsmouth.
“Subsequent enquiries by the Fratton and Baffins Neighbourhood Policing Team led to the arrest of Jason Peter Dixon of Milton Road on suspicion of assault and three breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) in relation to these incidents.
“On Thursday, February 5 he was charged with all four offences and remanded to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on Friday, February 6.”
After appearing in court, Dixon has been remanded in custody ahead of a trial at Portsmouth Crown Court on March 9.