LYDNEY man Richard Thorne has been accused of sexually abusing a nine-old-old boy.

His accuser, now 21, told Gloucester Crown Court that the 33-year-old of Greenways, Lydney abused him over a period of a about a year.

He claimed the abuse started with being show pornography but culminated in a rape.

Thorne has pleaded not guilty to six offences of indecency with a child and the case continues.

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