Keith Wood, 69, appeared at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday (August 4) charged with three counts of raping a girl under 13, three counts of assaulting a girl by touching, and three counts of making indecent images of a child. Wood, of Parsonage Avenue, pleaded not guilty to all of the alleged offences, which are said to have happened between 2018 and 2023. He was bailed ahead of a pre-trial review on November 22, 2027. A trial, expected to last five days, was scheduled for January 10, 2028.