Man, 20, from Great Bentley charged with seven child sex offences

A 20-year-old man from the Colchester area has been charged with seven sexual offences against children.

Archie Stulpa-McCallum, from Great Bentley in North Essex, was arrested by police in June and has now been charged with offences relating to four separate victims aged between 12 and 15-years-old.

The charges relate to offences alleged to have taken place between August 5 2015 and June 6 2017.

Stulpa-McCallum has been charged with an offender under 18 engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 13, causing or inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity without penetration and two counts of an offender over 18 causing or inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity without penetration.

He has also been charged with an adult attempt to meet a girl under 16-years-old following grooming, making an indecent photograph or pseudo photograph of a child and possessing a prohibited image of a child.

Stulpa-McCallum was remanded in custody and is due to appear before Ipswich Magistrates’ Court later today, Thursday, September 6.