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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.
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.
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