Coronation St star denies sex charges Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell has pleaded not guilty to child sex charges. BRITISH actor Michael Le Vell has pleaded not guilty to a series of child sex offences. The star, who plays car mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV soap Coronation Street, answered "not guilty" as each of the individual charges were put to him during the brief hearing at Manchester Crown Court on Friday. The 48-year-old is charged under his real name of Michael Turner with 19 offences in all, including six counts of raping a child, six allegations of indecently assaulting a child and seven counts of sexual activity with a child. The alleged offences relate to one complainant and all took place between September 2002 and September 2010. Friday's hearing was for the defendant to enter his pleas and arrange administrative matters for the trial, which the judge set for September 2. Le Vell, from Hale, Cheshire, was first arrested in September 2011 and questioned over child sex allegations but the matter was later dropped. However, in January, the Crown Prosecution Service said it was in the public interest to charge him with the current offences following a review of evidence. The father of two, originally from Manchester, is one of TV's most famous faces after playing garage owner and mechanic Kevin Webster for the past 30 years. The actor split from his wife, Janette Beverley, last year.