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Queensland kickboxing masseur charged with historic sexual assault offences

A Sunshine Coast man has been arrested and charged with historic child sexual offences alleged to have happened while he was working as a masseur 27 years ago.

Police allege the 82-year-old man was working as a masseur at several kick boxing gyms across the Sunshine Coast as well as from his home in 1995, when the abuse happened.

He was arrested on the Sunshine Coast on August 10 after investigations into the alleged abuse of a 14-year-old boy.

Police later charged him with four counts of indecent treatment of a child. 

Police said the man was a casual masseur from the mid-90s until 2000, primarily in kickboxing gyms.

Detectives are still investigating have urged anyone with information to come forward.

He is due to face court in November.

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