A FORMER president of Abingdon Chamber of Commerce president, who is accused of sexual offences, has had the date for his next court hearing changed after a hearing yesterday was cancelled.

Paul Townsend, 28, of Hadland Road, Abingdon, faces 16 charges over alleged incidents involving four teenage between May 2010 and August last year.

He was remanded on bail and is now due to enter pleas to the charges at Oxford Crown Court on Friday, August 2.