Former social worker denies sexual assaulting two teenage girls

A former social worker accused of raping and indecently assaulting two teenage girls has denied having any sexual contact with them.

Dean Gathercole is charged with 11 offences against a 15-year-old and 16-year-old-girl while working at Amberdale Observation & Assessment Centre at Stapleford near Nottingham in 1987.

Gathercole denies the charges. The trial at Nottingham Crown Court continues.