A former Fife councillor has appeared in court charged with child sex abuse.
Mick Green denied both charges levelled against him when he appeared at court on Thursday.
The alleged offences date back to 2006.
They relate to alleged conduct against a young girl and a teenage boy.
The 72-year-old spoke only to confirm his name at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
The charges
It is alleged Green behaved in a lewd and libidinous way towards a girl at his home when she was just nine years old.
The charge alleges he touched her leg and placed his hands under her clothing to touch her private parts.
The second charge alleges he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy at a property in Glenrothes in 2011.
Prosecutors say he rubbed the child’s genitals over his clothing.
Green, of Carleton Avenue, Glenrothes will stand trial in the new year.
Elected in 2017
Green was elected as a Conservative councillor in 2017 and represented the Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch ward on Fife Council.
Following his arrest on the charges for which he appeared on Thursday, he was suspended by the Conservative party and did not seek re-election as a councillor at the May elections.
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