A FATHER and son appeared before magistrates yesterday to deny abduction charges relating to a 14-year-old girl.
Wilfred Stocker, 48, of Station Road, Darlington, pleaded not guilty at South Durham Magistrates' Court to unlawfully taking the teenager between February 2 and March 29.
His teenage son, Thomas, of Diamond Road, Middlesbrough, pleaded not guilty to unlawfully detaining the girl on March 29.
Magistrates sitting in Darlington heard that 19-year-old Mr Stocker had a relationship with the girl.
The men will appear at a pre-trial review on July 20. Both were granted conditional bail not to communicate with the 14-year-old.
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