A MAN accused of sexually assaulting two women while acting as an illegal loan shark is to face a judge and jury next May.
Mark Constantine, aged 54, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court accused of lending money without a licence.
He did not enter any pleas to any of the five charges he faces.
Constantine, of Higher Stert Terrace, Prince Rock, allegedly lent cash and arranged hire purchase deals while not authorised between April 2014 and May 2015.
He is accused of a similar offence while not holding a relevant licence between August 2011 and March 2014.
Constantine is charged with transferring criminal property through his money lending between August 2011 and this May.
He allegedly sexually assaulted one woman in August or September 2013.
Constantine is finally charged with the sexual assault of another woman in October last year.
Judge Paul Darlow set down two trials, one on the lending charges and the other on the sexual counts, to run back-to-back over six days from May 16 next year.
Constantine was released on unconditional bail until an interim hearing on January 29. He will then be expected to enter his pleas.
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