POLICE have charged the owner of Cowboy World at Epsom with more offences relating to the sexual assault of minors.Ricky David McLennan, 48, is alleged to have had sex with two girls, aged 13 and 15, numerous times over a period of several months.He is also alleged to have sexually assaulted a young girl, who is not yet a teenager, while he was taking her for a horse ride at his property.Police raided the Midland Highway property in November and charged McLennan with three counts of sexual penetration of a child under the age 16. He has since been charged with a further 41 offences. A spokeswoman at the Bendigo Magistrates Court said he was facing 27 counts of sexual penetration of a child under 16, 13 counts of committing an indecent act with a child under 16 and single counts of procuring a minor for making/producing child pornography, knowingly possessing child pornography, making a threat to inflict serious injury and engaging in child-related work without an assessment notice.During a bail application on November 30, the court was told McLennan started a sexual relationship with the teenage girls more than four years ago. It was told he had sex with one of the girls more than 50 times. The other teenager told police McLennan had sex with her almost every day they saw each other over a period of months.Leading Senior Constable Sharon Stewart, who interviewed all three girls, told the court McLennan had threatened the youngest girl, telling her that if she told anyone about the assault bad things would come her way. “She has lived in constant fear of this day when Mr McLennan becomes aware that she has told someone.’’During the bail application, the defence questioned the reliability of one of the victims, whom the court heard had initially denied a sexual relationship with McLennan when first approached by the police some years ago. Defence lawyer Garry Quinn also dismissed claims that the alleged victims were in any danger, saying McLennan had no history of breaching his bail and had never been accused of contacting prosecution witnesses.The application was granted, with conditions that McLennan report to Bendigo police station three times a week and he not contact the alleged victims.He appeared in court on Wednesday for a committal mention. The matter was adjourned to March 30.