Soldier facing 11 child sex offences will stand trial next year
A soldier is facing trial accused of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl.
Kenneth Hopps, 32, denied 11 charges when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court.
He denied five charges of sexual activity with a child in Hartlepool, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, making an indecent photograph, and three offences involving indecent photographs of a child.
He faces a five-day from January 4 next year
Hopps, of Brooklands, Durham, was bailed.