A MAN charged with more than a dozen offences involving the sexual abuse of children has elected to face a trial by jury.
Anthony Pitts appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.
The 38-year-old of Milestone Road, Carterton, faces a total of 18 counts alleging sex crimes against a number of children in the Oxfordshire area.
Pitts pleaded not guilty to all of the counts against him and a date was set for his trial to be held at the same court next year.
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He is charged with four counts of rape, five counts of indecency with a child and one count of indecent assault
Pitts also faces one other charge of causing sexual activity without consent and seven counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration.
They are all alleged to have involved three child victims - none of whom can be named for legal reasons.
His trial, set to last 10 days, will take place on June 29 and Pitts was bailed.
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