Swindon Crown Court (Image: Newsquest)
FORMER production manager at the Wyvern Theatre David Wicks is to face trial by judge and jury accused of abusing three young girls.
He is accused of molesting the children at work and at his home between July 1995 and January 2001.
The 55-year-old, now of Westergate, near Chichester, West Sussex, pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of indecent assault when he appeared at Swindon Crown Court.
He is alleged to have repeatedly abused a girl under the age of 16 in the two years to mid-July 1997.
He faces similar charges relating to a second youngster in the two years to January 2001 and a third female in the two years to February 1999.
Judge Robert Pawson adjourned the case to July 23and released him on bail until then.
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