Ex-cop Simon Dormer denies historical child abuse of 6yo boy

A former police officer accused of historical child abuse offences against a boy who was aged just six years old at the time will fight the charges in court.

Simon Cottrell Dormer, 46, was charged with three counts of indecent assault of a person under 16 years of age earlier this month.

The charges followed an investigation into a report that a teenager was allegedly assaulted when he was aged between six and seven years old.

The assaults allegedly took place between 2015 and 2017.

Mr Dormer has since vowed to fight the charges in court, having entered pleas of not guilty in the Penrith Local Court on Tuesday.

He has been barred from approaching or contacting the complainant, now a teenager, as per his strict conditional bail.

Mr Dormer is also prohibited from assaulting, threatening, stalking, harassing, intimidating, or destroying or damaging any property of the alleged victim.

The matter will next be before the court on March 13; however, Mr Dormer has been excused from attending.