A TRIAL date has been set for a Banbury man accused of sexually assaulting two young girls.
Colin Lomas appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday (March 12) charged with one count of indecent assault of a 15-year-old girl and two counts of engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 13.
The two alleged victims cannot be named for legal reasons.
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It is alleged the first count was a historic sexual offence which occurred between 1999 and 2000 while the second two counts occurred last year.
The 58-year-old pleaded not guilty to indecent assault but was not asked to plead for the other two counts as of yet.
A trial date for Lomas, of High Furlong, Banbury, has been set for January 20, 2025.
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