Bolton man denies 11 sexual offence charges including child grooming

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 31 Oct, 15:43 · Archive

A 34-year-old Bolton man has denied 11 sexual offence charges including grooming children and rape.

Connor Cowie, 34, of Longson Street in Bolton, appeared in Swindon Magistrates' Court on 26 October facing 11 sexual offence charges. He has denied all allegations. He is accused of grooming a 13-year-old girl in South Gloucestershire in 2020 and continuing to groom her throughout 2021, meeting or communicating with her multiple times between January and April 2021 with the intention of having non-penetrative sex with the child.

Cowie has also been charged with three counts of sexually touching a 15-year-old girl in South Gloucestershire in December 2022, one count of grooming and meeting her, and one count of sexually touching a 15-year-old in Swindon during the same month. He faces further charges of rape relating to a woman in Tenerife and a woman in Bristol between 27 and 30 January 2023, rape of a woman in Bath in early April 2023, and rape of a woman in Newcastle in June 2023.

Because of the seriousness of the allegations, the case has been sent to Bristol Crown Court. The trial is scheduled to begin on 16 August 2027 and is expected to last five days.

Bolton man denies 11 sexual offence charges including child grooming — Image: Swindon Advertiser

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Man denies rape and child grooming after serious Swindon allegationsA 34-year-old man accused of rape has denied sexually touching a teenage girl in Swindon and Gloucestershire.Swindon Advertiser · 31 Oct, 15:00
Man denies rape and child grooming after serious Swindon allegationsA 34-year-old man accused of rape has denied sexually touching a teenage girl in Swindon and Gloucestershire.Wiltshire Times · 31 Oct, 15:00

In this story: Connor Cowie · Bolton · Swindon · South Gloucestershire · Bristol Crown Court · Tenerife · Bath · Newcastle

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