Kim Avis faced 25 charges during a short hearing at the High Court in Glasgow today.
Avis is accused of raping three women and attempting to rape one of them when she was 12.
The 55-year-old is also accused of sexually assaulting a girl when she was 11 and faces breach of the peace and threatening and abusive behaviour charges.
The allegations cover a period between January 1997 and March this year and mainly relate to alleged incidents in the Inverness area.
Avis’s counsel, advocate Lorenzo Alonzi, lodged not guilty pleas on his behalf yesterday.
Judge Lady Stacey fixed a trial date for March next year at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Highland man accused of rape and serious sexual assault to go on trial next year
