Policeman on trial for sex attack

A POLICE officer is to go on trial next year accused of raping and sexually assaulting a woman.

Sergeant Ben Lister, of West Yorkshire Police, denied one count of rape and one of sexual assault when he appeared at Bradford Crown Court yesterday afternoon.

The offences are alleged to have taken place in Bradford on August 29, 2016.

Lister, 35, appeared in person for the 10-minute hearing.

Judge Jonathan Rose told him his trial has been fixed for January 24, 2022, and granted him unconditional bail.

West Yorkshire Police confirmed that Lister has been suspended from the force.