A 59-year-old man from Westbury has denied charges of sexually abusing a woman and two girls under the age of 13.

Anthony Edward Fletcher, of Woodland View, Dilton Marsh, near Westbury, faces one charge of sexual assault on a woman, five counts of sexual activity with a girl under the age of 13, two counts of gross indecency and one charge of taking a child to keep him/her from a person having lawful control.

Fletcher appeared at Chippenham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for a brief hearing, at which the case was committed to to Swindon Crown Court for a hearing on May 15.