Kent Police was called at 4.37pm on Wednesday 7 December 2022 following a report that a teenage girl had been sexually assaulted in Dane Park.
Officers attended the scene and a man was arrested in connection with the incident.
Steven Palmer has since been charged with one count of sexual assault by touching and one count of assault.
The 44-year-old, of Sussex Avenue, Margate, appeared before Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Friday 9 December and was remanded in custody to appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Monday 9 January 2023.
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