A SOUTHAMPTON man is due to appear before magistrates this morning to face a series of sex offence charges including sexual assault and attempted rape.

Detectives have charged Paul Julian Bedard, 61, from Lodge Road in Portswood has with a total of five sex offences.

The most recent charge relates to an attack on a 19-year-old man at the Honest Lawyer Pub in Lodge Road on Tuesday.

The other charges relate to past offences and involve three different victims.

Bedard is to face the charges at Southampton Magistrates Court