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A Wigan man has been accused of sexual activity with and abduction of a Wigan schoolgirl.

Kirk Wilding, 42, of Kipling Avenue, Worsley Mesnes, appeared before Manchester City magistrates charged with engaging in sexual penetrative activity with a 14-year-old between June 4 2023 and January 5 2024 and an offence under the 1984 Child Abduction Act of detaining a girl under 16 to keep her from a person having lawful control between January 3 and 5.

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Wilding was remanded in custody until February 12 when he will make his first appearance before a Bolton Crown Court judge.

He has yet to plead to those charges but has pleaded not guilty to a further charge of detaining the same girl on July 31 last year