PARIS — A trial got underway Wednesday for a Canton man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in his trailer in late 2015.

Augustus O. Buck, 44, is being tried in Oxford County Superior Court on a charge of gross sexual assault.

According to police, the sexual assault was alleged to have happened on Nov. 28, 2015, at Buck’s home in the Canton Point Trailer Park at 685 Canton Point Road.

The trial is expected to last three days. Buck, who was freed on bail a few days after his arrest, is being represented by attorneys Maurice Porter and Jeff Wilson.

Buck has a criminal record dating back to 1991, including nine misdemeanor convictions for criminal trespass, theft, assault and trafficking in dangerous knives. In all, he spent 65 days in jail and was fined $475 for these convictions.