Article: Man 'groomed young girl for sex by buying expensive gifts'

A 63-year-old man sexually abused a young girl after showering her with expensive gifts, a court heard.

Dennis Prowse, from Penzance, groomed the girl by spending thousands of pounds on her, it is alleged.

Prowse denies three counts of sexual abuse against the girl when she was between ten and 12 years old.

Prosecutor Andrew MacFarlane said the girl was naive and unworldly and at school had paid no attention to sex education lessons.

Giving evidence at Truro Crown Court yesterday, the mother of the alleged victim listed the major presents she could remember Prowse having given her daughter.

They included a bouncy castle, a guinea pig hutch and run, an inflatable swimming ...

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