A TREFONEN man is to go on trial charged with 14 sexual crimes dating back over 12 years.


Charles Robert Stealey pleaded not guilty to every charge when he appeared at Shrewsbury Crown Court yesterday.
 

Wearing a dark jacket, the 50-year-old spoke only to confirm his name and pleas.
 

He is charged with two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 years between September 30, 2000 and September 29, 2001, and between September 30, 2001 and September 29, 2002, indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14 between September 30, 2002 and September 29, 2003, indecent assault on a girl under the age of 16 between September 30, 2003 and April 30, 2004, four counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13-17  between May 1, 2004 and September 29, 2004, September 30, 2004 and September 29, 2005, between September 30, 2005 and September 29, 2006, and between September 30, 2006 and September 29, 2007, penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 13 between January 11, 2006 and August 30, 2007, three counts of rape of a girl under 13 between January 11, 2006 and August 30, 2007, between September 1, 2007 and August 30, 2008, and between September 1, 2008 and January 10, 2009, and two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 13-15 between January 11, 2009 and January 10, 2010, and between January 11, 2010 and October 30, 2010.
 

Judge Peter Barrie granted Stealey conditional bail.
 

A trial is expected to take six days and a date for the hearing will be set in due course.