A MAN has admitted to repeatedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl.

Ricky McGovern, of Waterside Marina, Brightlingsea, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court this morning on a range of counts including child abduction and engaging in sexual activity with a child.

McGovern, 31, admitted abducting the girl, from Suffolk, between March 16 and March 19 this year after grooming her.

On at least four occasions he had sex with the underage teenager.

He also admitted to taking indecent photographs of the girl and breaching a sexual offences prevention order, made in 2007.

McGovern was remanded in custody at Norwich Prison until a hearing at Ipswich Crown Court on May 16.