Man says he wasn't in woman's apartment

URBANA – A Champaign man accused of fondling a woman in her apartment in Urbana in 2004 denied Thursday that he ever entered the woman's apartment and his wife backed him up.

Patrick Thompson, 39, of the 1800 block of Winchester Drive, and his wife of 13 years, Maria Thompson, both testified that Thompson was inside their apartment at 1702 E. Colorado Ave., U, at the time their neighbor said he entered her apartment uninvited and inappropriately touched her.

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