Roache trial for sexual offences set for January

Coronation Street star Bill Roache will face trial in January over allegations of historic sexual offences against five girls.

Roache trial for sexual offences set for January

The 81-year-old actor was charged in May with two counts of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1967, and last week he faced fresh charges of five indecent assaults involving four girls aged between 11 or 12 and 16.

Roache appeared yesterday for a five-minute preliminary hearing at Preston Crown Court. His trial date was set for Jan 13.

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