A BOY is due to appear in court today charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in an Ipswich park.

A BOY is due to appear in court today charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in an Ipswich park.

The 17-year-old from Ipswich will appear in South East Suffolk Magistrates' Court this morning to face an allegation of sexual touching following reports of an assault in Gippeswyk Park on Saturday.

The boy is also charged with assaulting a police officer.