A TRIAL date has been set for a man who has denied kidnapping a six-year-old girl.

At Preston Crown Court, Imran Pervez Khan, 34, of Pendle Street, Accrington, pleaded not guilty to abducting the child in the Burnley area on March 26.

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Khan, represented in court by Mark Stuart, has also denied charges of causing or inciting the girl to engage in sexual activity and breaching the terms of a sexual offences prevention order imposed in April 2009.

Khan was remanded in custody to await trial, which is due to start on September 21.