AN OXFORD Crown Court jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a toddler.

Barrie Clarke, 51, of Powell Court, Faringdon, denies two charges of sexual assault, one chrage of assault by beating and one chrage of exposure.

All the offences were allegedly committed in Oxfordshire between May 13 and May 16, 2013.

The alleged victim was ruled to be too young to give evidence during the trial.

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