A Hillingdon councillor has appeared in court charged with sexual offences against a child and a woman.

Mohammed Khursheed, 57 (pictured above), appeared at Feltham Magistrates' Court in west London on Tuesday last week on four counts of indecent assault on a female and one of indecency with a child under the age of 16.

Both the alleged victims can not be named for legal reasons.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges and has been remanded on unconditional bail.

He is due to appear at the court again on May 30.

Mr Khursheed, of Langley Crescent, Harlington, was elected as a Labour councillor, one of 32 from the party on the council, for Colham ward, near West Drayton, in May 1998. He is married, is a father and a grandfather and is on the governing boards of two schools in the area ,, Colham Manor Infant School in Violet Avenue, Hillingdon, and Evelyns Community School, a high school in Appletree Avenue, Yiewsley.

He serves on Hillingdon Council's housing committee and the Uxbridge planning sub-committee.