Police have charged a man with a series of sex attacks on women on Hove Lawns.

Fattah Derrahi, a 59-year-old British national, has been charged with nine counts of sexual assault, spanning the period from August, 2023 to October, 2025.

Victims reported being sexually assaulted by a man who approached them around the Hove Lawns area, typically in the morning while they were exercising or post-exercising.

Derrahi, of Farm Road in Hove, appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Saturday (15 November), where he was remanded in custody to appear at Lewes Crown Court on Wednesday, 10 December.