AN osteopath accused of sexually molesting male patients in Atherton appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.

Stephen Milward, of Hough House, Bolton, pleaded not guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to indecently assaulting a man on September 25, 1990.

Milward, aged 49, has already denied 11 similar offences between June 26, 1992, and July, 2002.

Bearded Milward was further remanded on bail to await his trial, which is expected to last two weeks, beginning on October 18.

Conditions of his bail included not to contact the witnesses and not to go to his former clinic in Atherton.