A MAN who has gone on trial for alleged historic underage sex offences has said that the accusations made against him are 'fiction' and 'rubbish'.

Keith Bloomfield has gone on trial at Bournemouth Crown Court for alleged historic underage sex offences dating back to the 1980s.

Bloomfield, aged 64, of Normandy Way, allegedly started a sexual relationship with a girl who was thought to be aged around 14 or 15 after he took her to a pub beer garden one day after picking her up in his car and asked to kiss her, Bournemouth Crown Court heard. The complainant is now 50.

On the fourth day of the trial, Detective Constable Andrew Thompson, overseeing the case was questioned before a court where he read out the transcript of Bloomfield's police interview that took place in February 2018.

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In the interview when asked about the relationship between Bloomfield and the alleged victim, he said that she was a friend in a social organisation. He said that he did not know her particularly well and that she could have come to his house on a couple of occasions but did not recall them. When asked in the interview about her age Bloomfield said: "I guess she was about 15."

He said he had no recollection of a kiss at a beer garden and when asked about a specific sexual act he was accused of, Bloomfield said: "That is rubbish. That would not have happened - I have no recollection of anything like that ever happening."

When asked about any of the ritualistic sexual acts that he would allegedly perform he said it was 'fiction'.

The defendant in the interview said that he spent very little time in the town in West Dorset as he worked away during the week and would only come back for weekends.

He said in the interview: "I'm very confused as to why [the alleged victim] has taken this action.

"I don't understand this at all, this is quite devastating to me."

The court heard that the alleged victim had gone to several health professionals several times from 1991 to 2002 with mental health complaints citing unwanted sexual incidents when she was younger as causing her distress.

Bloomfield was then taken to the witness box and questioned.

Defending, Janick Fielding, asked Bloomfield how the complainant would have known his car and he said he would give everyone in the organisation lifts for special events and explained how his working patterns placed him away from the town for most of the week.

When questioned by prosecuting, Gordon Ross, Bloomfield said he did not recall the complainant being at his wedding in August 1986, when the complainant would have been 15.

Bloomfield said he would have known the alleged victim for a few months before the wedding took place. Mr Ross pointed out that in the police interview Bloomfield said everyone from the organisation was invited to his wedding, but Bloomfield maintained that he did not recall the alleged victim being there.

Mr Ross asked Bloomfield how he would have described the alleged victim at the time, Bloomfield said: "She was a good conversationalist. She was a happy, jolly, nice person to be with.

Mr Ross replied that everyone questioned about the alleged victim had described her as shy and quite.

Bloomfield said: "I would have not described her that way."

The trial continues.