YESTERDAY Michael Burke, the elder brother of Karen Danczuk was charged with 11 counts of rape, five of indecent assault and one of attempted rape. Mr. Burke, 37, works as a security guard and was first arrested in February this year when his sister Karen Danczuk gave an interview claiming she had been sexually abused as child by a 'family friend'. At that time the father of three waved anonymity saying:
'The allegations are false. I'm just so shocked and disgusted by it all.'
Later, he was held again following claims of 'new information' before again being released on police bail. It seems that two other women had come forward.
Yesterday, when Mr. Burke appeared before magistrates in Bury, his solicitor Zoe Gascoyne said:
'These are all allegations this defendant denies and will go to a trial at the crown court.'
The prosecutor, Shazia Aslam said that there was no objection to Burke having bail as he had already been on police bail for the last nine months without incident.
Mrs Danczuk is a former Labour Councillor in Rochdale, who came to fame as the 'Queen of the Selfie' after posting seemingly endless photographs of herself on Twitter. Her husband is the MP, Simon Danczuk, from whom she is now separated, is the controversial Rochdale MP who has made his name campaigning against historic child sex abuse.
One woman and two girls are involved in the current allegations, with the incidents allegedly taking place between May 1990 and March 2010.
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One woman and two girls are involved in the allegations, with the incidents allegedly taking place between May 1990 and March 2010.
Burke, who lives in Rochdale and works as a security guard, is currently held in remand. Greater Manchester Police said he was set to appear at Bury and Rochdale Magistrates Court on 27 October.
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