Police Scotland officer in court accused of raping woman and child in East Lothian
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Martyn Coulter is accused of carrying out the crime in the East Lothian town when the child was aged five or six.
The 35 year-old faces a separate charge of sexual assault on the same girl in the town.
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Hide AdThe accusations span between September 2013 and November 2014.
Coulter also faces two charges of raping a woman in Dunbar and Edinburgh in 2013.
He also allegedly physically assaulted her.
Coulter is further charged with hitting another young girl on the head as well as an accusation of threatening and abusive behaviour.
The officer - currently suspended from Police Scotland - faced the accusations during a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.
Coulter, of Broxburn, West Lothian, denies the charges.
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Hide AdHe will now stand trial in Edinburgh in February next year and remains on bail meantime.
Police Scotland confirmed a man had initially appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in October 2020 in connection with the case accused of "non-recent sexual offences and assault".