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| Coronation Street's William Roache in court for child rape trial | Coronation Street's William Roache in court for child rape trial |
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| Coronation Street star William Roache has arrived in court for his trial on charges of committing sexual offences against girls. | |
| Mr Roache, 81, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, denies two counts of raping a 15-year-old girl in East Lancashire in 1967. | Mr Roache, 81, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, denies two counts of raping a 15-year-old girl in East Lancashire in 1967. |
| He also denies five counts of indecent assault involving four girls in Manchester in the mid to late 1960s. | He also denies five counts of indecent assault involving four girls in Manchester in the mid to late 1960s. |
| Those charges relate to girls aged from 11 to 16. His trial at Preston Crown Court is scheduled for four weeks. | |
| The veteran soap star was arrested at his home last May. | |
| Mr Roache, who has not appeared in the programme while legal proceedings were ongoing, "strenuously" denies the allegations. |