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" Emmerdale&amp;#039;s Ben Freeman has appeared in court to deny raping a schoolgirl in Barbados. The actor, who plays Scott Windsor, is accused of attacking the girl, from Cheshire, on a sunlounger at the Almond Beach Resort in November, Bridgetown magistrates&amp;#039; court heard.  Magistrates are deciding whether to send the case for trial at a higher court, but Freeman&amp;#039;s lawyers want them to rule there is &amp;quot;no case to answer&amp;quot;.  The court was told how after the attack a security guard at the resort protected Freeman from the girl&amp;#039;s angry father. The guard said he found the girl and saw her mother hit her on the head. She was then taken into a room, then her father emerged and started yelling at Freeman. &amp;quot;I tried to protect him,&amp;quot; said the guard. &amp;quot;The father was cussing but I told him I had a job to do.&amp;quot; A policeman who interviewed Freeman said the actor denied rape straight away. He admits they had sex but says she consented. The case is due to contiue on Friday. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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