Roache pleads not guilty to historic child sex offences

Coronation Street star William Roache has pleaded not guilty to committing historic sexual offences against five girls.

Roache pleads not guilty  to historic child sex offences

The 81-year-old actor formally denied the charges in a hearing at Preston Crown Court.

The veteran soap star was arrested at his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, in May and charged with two counts of raping a 15-year-old girl in East Lancashire in 1967.

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