Man to stand trial over 'sex attack' on schoolgirl in Barrhead
A man is to stand trial next year charged with raping a 14 year-old girl in Renfrewshire.
A man is to stand trial next year charged with raping a 14 year-old girl in Renfrewshire.
Samuel Ciornei is accused of attacking the teenager in Barrhead in August this year.
The charge includes claims the 20 year-old took hold of her bike, grabbed the girl by the hair before holding a piece of glass at her.
Prosecutors allege he made her crawl into bushes and that he held her down before eventually raping the 14 year-old.
Ciornei faces a separate assault and robbery charge.
The accusation includes claims that he “forcibly” took the girl's bag and stole it along with a bike helmet.
A number of locations in Barrhead are listed in the charges – one being an “an area of bushes” at the back of an Iceland supermarket.
Louise Arrol, defending, today pled not guilty on his behalf during a short hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.
Judge Lord Burns set a trial due to start next June.
The case could last up to seven days.