A DEVON County Councillor has been charged with sexual assaults on three women.

Brian Greenslade (70), is charged with an indecent assault on a woman in Exeter and another woman in Barnstaple between January 1994 and December 1995.

The former leader of Devon County Council also faces a charge of sexual assault on a woman in Exeter between June 2005 and January 2006.

He is due to appear before Barnstaple magistrates on April 8.

Mr Greenslade represents Barnstaple North as a North Devon Liberal.