Uni IT worker denies sexually assaulting girl

A UNIVERSITY computer expert has denied sexually assaulting a young girl, saying the alleged incidents simply did not happen.

- JASON EVANS Court and crime reporter

Kerry Price has also denied downloading indecent photographs of children saying the images were automatically transferred onto his phone when he plugged it into an old computer left over from his former career running a computer repair shop.

It is the prosecution case that 52-year-old Price began sexually abusing the victim when she was of primary school age by kissing her, and that matters then progressed to him touching the child's genitals and breasts both under and over her clothing and underwear.

The offending is said to have happened on multiple occasions and continued into the girl's teenage years.

Price is also alleged to have secretly taken dozens of pictures of the female without her knowledge - including pictures of her in a bikini and a so-called "upskirting" photo - and of possessing indecent images of children found on his Samsung Galaxy S10 phone.

Swansea University IT technician Price denies a total of 15 offences and is on trial at Swansea Crown Court.

Giving evidence from the witness box, the defendant denied the alleged sexual assaults ever took place. As defence barrister Ian Wright took the defendant through each allegation, Price denied it had happened and he denied touching the female sexually.

He did, however, admit kissing the female when she was 16 and admitted kissing her breasts and backside when she was 17 or 18 - all, he said, with the female's consent.