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Former British Olympic athletics coach Jose Vicente Leiva-Modahl has appeared in court after being accused of child sex offences. <\/b><\/p>\n
Leiva-Modahl, 65 – the husband of former Olympic middle-distance runner Diane Modahl – is facing 19 separate charges including sexual assault of a child, rape and controlling and coercive behaviour.<\/p>\n
Leiva-Modahl, who is also known as Vicente Modahl, appeared from custody at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for a 15-minute hearing in which no pleas were indicated.<\/p>\n
District judge Richard Jepson sent the case to Manchester Crown Court, telling Leiva-Modahl that some of the allegations were too serious to be dealt with at the magistrates’ court.<\/p>\n
Leiva-Modahl was granted conditional bail ahead of a plea and trial preparation hearing on 18 November.<\/p>\n
Among his bail conditions were to reside at an address in the Warrington area, to abide by an electronic monitoring curfew from 21:00 to 07:00 and not to contact witnesses in the case.<\/p>\n
He was also ordered to surrender his Spanish passport and not to have any unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18.<\/p>\n
Leiva-Modahl has been suspended by governing body UK Athletics, the court also heard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n