A MAN has denied a series of offences after being charged with three counts of sexual assault following two incidents in Colchester.

Essex Police arrested Jolomi Nanna following two incidents in which women were targeted.

Nanna, 21, of Lethe Grove, Colchester, appeared at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on Monday after being arrested.

He was charged with a number of offences which relate to seven women in total.

Nanna has denied four counts of stalking, three counts of sexual assault, one count of outraging public decency and one count of common assault.

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He also denied a single charge of exposure.

Nanna was remanded into custody following his appearance at court.

The incidents are alleged to have taken place in Middlewick Close, Colchester, at about noon on February 10 and the Corporal Budd VC Gym, in Berechurch Road, Colchester, on February 19.

An Essex Police spokesman said: “A man arrested in connection with two incidents in Colchester, which we believe are linked, has been charged with several offences.

“The offences relate to incidents involving seven women between February 10 and February 26.”