A friend of a girl who says she was sexually abused told police her friend’s personality changed when she was growing up.

Bradley Antill, of Fulmar Place, Grove, near Wantage, is on trial at Oxford Crown Court charged with one count of rape, five counts of sexual assault and eight counts of indecency with a child.

The 46-year-old denies all the charges, which all relate to the same girl.

Yesterday the jury was played a video of an interview a close friend gave to the police, in which she describes how she was told about the abuse claims.

The trial continues.