A RENFREW man has appeared in court accused of raping, stalking, assaulting and abducting numerous women over the last 11 years.

Steven Stalley faced 29 charges at Paisley Sheriff Court, including raping an underage girl, carrying out three sexual assaults and trying to kill a former girlfriend.

Prosecutors also claim he stalked 10 different women, had unlawful sex with a minor, carried out three violent assaults and abducted two women at addresses in Renfrew, Paisley and Glasgow.

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The petition against 29-year-old Stalley alleges he pulled a knife on one of the women he is said to have assaulted and pushed her down a flight of stairs.

And he is said to have hounded one of the women with telephone calls for nearly eight years, threatening her and her family with violence.

Stalley, of Beechwood Drive, made no plea to the charges during the private hearing, before Sheriff Lindsey Kooner.

Some of the alleged incidents date back to 2007, while the most recent are said to have taken place in May this year.

Among the most serious allegations faced by Stalley are that he raped a woman, who can’t be named for legal reasons, at his home in Anne Avenue in December 2007.

Between July 2009 and April 2010, Stalley is said to have repeatedly had unlawful sex with a girl who was under the age of 16.

Prosecutors claim he slept with the girl, who was 15 at the time and can’t be named for legal reasons, at properties in Paisley and Renfrew.

He is also said to have repeatedly raped the girl between August 2009 and November 2010, once in December 2010 and repeatedly between June and August 2011.

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Stalley was represented by defence solicitor Amy Spencer, of law firm Tod and Mitchell, during the court hearing and was remanded in custody by Sheriff Kooner after being fully committed for trial.

No future court dates have been set but Stalley is expected to go on trial before a jury in due course.