A BRITISH man declared legally dead a year ago appeared in court, accused of a series of sex attacks on a 10-year-old girl.
Relatives and friends – including his wife – believed Leslie Andrews, 53, drowned eight years ago after police discovered his abandoned car, Click Lancashire reported.
The vehicle was found along with a pile of clothing and a suicide note near a beach at Lytham St Annes, in the northern English country Lancashire, in 2002, it reported.
Mr Andrews, said to be a former restaurant manager, went missing for seven years, presumed drowned. He was declared legally dead in June 2009.
A year on, Mr Andrews was arrested in nearby county West Yorkshire following an unrelated incident, where a fingerprint examination alerted police to his true identity.
The married 53-year-old appeared before judges in Blackpool, Lancashire, accused of three assaults on a girl in 2002.
The court heard how Mr Andrews staged the apparent suicide, before leaving the area to start a new life under an alias, Leslie Trent.
Speaking on Mr Andrews’ behalf, lawyer Robert Castle told the court his client denied the offences.
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