52-year-old accused of sexual activity with teenagers
A PEEBLES man has been accused of engaging in sexual activity with three teenage girls.
Peregrine Burgess, 52, from Old Town faces a further charge involving two other girls.
The offences are alleged to have happened on May 18 or 19 at an isolated location in the Borders.
He pleaded not guilty to both charges and a trial date was set for August 29 with an intermediate hearing on July 31.
He was released on bail with the special conditions of not having unsupervised contact with any person under 16 years old, not to communicate with five named females and not to approach or enter the curtilage of Peebles High School.
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