A MAN on trial for indecently assaulting and raping two girls has accused both of them of lying.
Andrew Crane denies 15 sexual offences against the children, who are now adults, in Nottingham.
He is alleged to have abused the first girl hundreds of times since she was five-years-old.
Crane, 49, of Coronation Walk, Gedling, is accused of six charges of indecently assaulting her, one charge of gross indecency and four of rape.
He is charged with rape and three counts of indecent assault in relation to the second girl.
However, Crane yesterday told Nottingham Crown Court that none of the allegations were true.
When he was asked if he abused the first girl, Crane said: "I didn't. No, not at all."
And when Ian Way, defending, asked whether he had touched her and rewarded her with Smarties, he said: "No."
The court heard that the second girl told police she was first abused by Crane when she was 11.
When asked about claims that he pushed himself up against her in a bathroom, he replied: "It's absolute rubbish".
And when asked if he performed a sexual act in front of her, he replied: "Never".
He was then asked if he raped her, replying: "No, rubbish."
He was unable to explain why false allegations would be made against him, although he said he thought the first girl might have become "jealous" of his relationships with others.
The court heard Crane first learned she had said he had touched her about eight years ago but he took no action and "brushed it aside" because he felt so "disgusted".
Two other women have said Crane confessed his "wrong-doings" to them.
But he insisted they were also lying and that he had never said such a thing.
Andrew Vout, prosecuting, listed all the people Crane claimed had lied about the case and asked him what their motivation would be.
Crane said he did not know.
Mr Vout added: "You're just really, really, really unlucky?"
Crane replied: "Must be."
Both women, who claim they were abused by Crane as children, gave evidence in court earlier this week after the trial started on Monday.
Judge Jeremy Lea was today due to start summing up the case before the jury start their deliberations.
