Chardon pleads not guilty to sex charges

A GOLD Coast man charged with assaulting and raping a teenage girl more than ten years ago has today pleaded not guilty.

Seven News reports that the five-day trial against 66-year-old John Chardon opened in the Southport District Court today.

Chardon faces eight charges, including three counts of rape, over alleged incidents with a girl in the late 1990s when she was 14 and 15.

It’s understood that nine witnesses will be called on to testify during the trial.