A 56-year-old west Suffolk farm worker has been ordered to sign the sex offenders register and has been remanded in custody after being convicted of  a string of sex offences.

Before Ipswich Crown Court on Monday was Simon Harrington of North Court, Brandon.

Harrington had denied four offences of rape in relation to one alleged victim, two offences of sexual assault of a child relating to a second alleged victim and two offences of indecent assault, three offences of assault of a child by penetration and two offences of sexual activity with a child in relation to a third alleged victim.

He was unanimously found found guilty of one offence of rape, one offence of assault of a child by penetration, one offence of sexual activity with a child and two offences of sexually assaulting a child.

He was also convicted of an offence of rape and an offence of indecent assault by by majority verdicts of 11-1.

He was found not guilty of the remaining six charges.

Judge David Wilson adjourned sentence until September 27 and remanded Harrington in custody.

He also ordered him to sign the sex offenders register on an interim basis.

Giving evidence during the trial, Harrington denied the allegations which date back to the 1990s.