Oxford Crown Court (Image: NQ)
A TRIAL is set to go ahead after a man denied sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl.
Craig Chapman, 42, has been charged with three counts of assaulting a girl aged 10 between August 30, 2019 and August 30, 2020.
At Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday (January 16), he denied all three counts.
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A trial date set for December 9 this year is now due to go ahead, with an estimated time period of three to four days.
Chapman, of Lincoln Close, Bicester, was due to be arraigned before Christmas on December 21 but failed to attend his hearing due to contracting covid.
He will remain on conditional bail until his trial later this year at the same court.
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