Roache bailed on sex charges
Coronation Street actor Bill Roache has been bailed on charges of rape and indecent assault to appear at court again on 2nd September when he will enter formal pleas. He denies the charges.
Bill Roache due in court to face indecent assault charges
Coronation Street actor William Roache will appear in court today accused of five historical offences of indecent assault involving four girls.
Roache, 81, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was arrested yesterday morning after attending a police station in Cheshire by appointment.
The offences are said to have been committed in the Manchester area in 1965 and 1968 with the alleged victims aged between 11 or 12 and 16. He is due to appear at Preston Magistrates' Court.
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