A 56-year-old Russian man has denied three sexual assaults against different women on Norwich buses.

Vadims Osipov has been charged with two offences against two different women on buses on Bowthorpe Road, with a third offence said to have happened against another woman on a bus on Castle Meadow.

Osipov, of Langton Close, Norwich, appeared at Norwich Crown Court when he denied all three offences.

Norwich Crown CourtNorwich Crown Court (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) They are alleged to have happened on July 13, August 5 and August 31.

A trial, expected to last four days, was fixed by Judge Anthony Bate for April 13, 2026.

He was granted unconditional bail.