A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Clapham man accused of historical child sexual abuse after he failed to turn up to court.

Gilbert Lawuo, 49, formally of Macaulay Square in Clapham, has been charged with 18 counts of sexual abuse of girls under the age of 16.

The allegations date from 1986 to 1990.

Lawuo failed to appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on February 24.