A MUSIC teacher has denied a string of child sex offences and will face trial next year.
Philip Anderson, aged 49 and of Highfields Approach, Dursley, pleaded not guilty to six counts of sexually assaulting a girl under 13 by touching.
The charges relate to offences which are alleged to have been committed over a four-year period against five girls at two schools in Gloucestershire where Anderson was employed as a private music teacher.
He also denied two counts of sexual assault which relate to a girl who was privately tutored at his home studio.
Anderson spoke only to confirm his name and enter his pleas during a hearing at Gloucester Crown Court.
Judge Rupert Lowe fixed a trial date for December 13 2027 and a further case management hearing will be held on October 26 this year.
Anderson was released on conditional bail.
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