Court / Seventy year old man to stand trial for historic sex offences
A SEVENTY year old man is to stand trial for historic sex attacks on two girls in Shetland.
Anthony McElhone is alleged to have carried out the offences between March 1993 and December 1996.
The two girls are said to have been teenagers at the time, and the indictment lists a number of locations in Shetland.
McElhone is accused of raping one of them on two occasions.
He is separately charged with indecently assaulting her at various times, including during car and ferry journeys.
McElhone also faces a charge of indecent assault in connection with the other girl.
Among the claims, it is alleged he touched and grabbed her as well as make sexual remarks.
The case called for a short hearing at the High Court in Glasgow today (Wednesday).
McElhone, who now lives in North Yorkshire, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Lord Colbeck set a trial which is scheduled to begin on 3 December in Edinburgh.
McElhone remains on bail meantime.
By Glasgow Court Press Agency
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