{"id":37261,"date":"2013-05-02T15:24:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T12:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=37261"},"modified":"2013-05-02T16:35:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T13:35:18","slug":"breaking-newscoronation-street-actor-bill-roache-is-accused-of-raping-a-girl-uk-news-37261","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/breaking-newscoronation-street-actor-bill-roache-is-accused-of-raping-a-girl-uk-news-37261\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News:Coronation Street Actor Bill Roache is accused of raping a girl \/ UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bill-Roache-Coronation-Street-Actor-Raping-Girl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37267\" title=\"Bill-Roache-Coronation-Street-Actor-Raping-Girl\" alt=\"Bill-Roache-Coronation-Street-Actor-Raping-Girl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bill-Roache-Coronation-Street-Actor-Raping-Girl.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bill-Roache-Coronation-Street-Actor-Raping-Girl.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bill-Roache-Coronation-Street-Actor-Raping-Girl-280x174.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bill-Roache-Coronation-Street-Actor-Raping-Girl-577x360.jpg 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Corrie actor Bill Roache has &#8220;strenuously&#8221; denied allegations that he raped a teenager girl in the 1960s.<\/h1>\n<p>The 81-year-old, who has played Ken Barlow in the ITV soap since its launch, said he was &#8220;astounded and deeply horrified&#8221; by the claims.<\/p>\n<p>He has been charged with two counts of rape of a 15-year-old girl in 1967.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the accusations this afternoon in a written statement, he said: &#8220;I am astounded and deeply horrified by the extraordinary events of the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I strenuously deny the allegations and will now focus my full attention on fighting to preserve my innocence in the challenging times ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to offer my sincere thanks to all those people who have offered me their support and good wishes at this difficult time,&#8221; the celebrity added.<\/p>\n<p>Roache was arrested by Lancashire Police at his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with the offences some 12 hours later and arrived back at his address last night.<\/p>\n<p>There was a large media presence outside his home on Thursday, but no sign of the actor.<\/p>\n<p>ITV said in a statement that Roache &#8211; the world&#8217;s longest-serving soap actor &#8211; will not be appearing in Coronation Street until legal proceedings have concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Roache collected an award from Guinness World Records in 2010 for his long service in Coronation Street, having joined in 1960 and appeared regularly ever since.<\/p>\n<p>He will appear at Preston Magistrates&#8217; Court on May 14.<\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! 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