A man has been charged in connection with an investigation into a report a girl was sexually assaulted on a bus in Basildon.

It was reported a man approached the girl and kissed her on the cheek on a bus in Uppermayne on 18 November last year.

A 72 year-old man was arrested on Saturday.

Kaushik Patel, of Rantree Fold, Basildon, has now been charged with assault by touching.

He's due to appear at Southend Magistrates' Court today (Monday, 6 March).