A man has denied sexually assaulting a boy aged four or five and two charges of raping a woman.

Andrew Wedgwood pleaded not guilty to ten sex offences when he appeared at Aylesbury Crown Court yesterday.

The 51-year-old faces two counts of rape, two of sexual assault, two of assault by penetration and two of indecent assault against a female victim. The offences are alleged to have taken place between 1999 and 2007.

He is also charged with assault of a child under 13 by penetration and sexual assault of a child under 13, for offences alleged to have been committed against a boy aged either four or five last year.

The offences are alleged to have taken place in Beaconsfield.

Wedgwood, of Lower Meadow, Harlow, Essex, was granted bail by Judge Kristina Montgomery at yesterday's hearing. Part of his bail conditions prevent him from having unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18.

He is set to go on trial over the allegations in the two weeks from August 24.