A 45-year-old Lydney man is to stand trial on an assault charge at Cheltenham Magistrates Court in October.

Paul Chapman, of Buzzard Rise, Lydney, has denied assaulting a man by beating him in Gloucester on 20th September last year.

Cheltenham Magistrates bailed Mr Chapman until 29th October for a trial expected to last four hours.

The court made it a condition of bail that he must not contact the alleged victim either directly or indirectly.

Magistrates also ruled that Mr Chapman will not be permitted to cross-examine the alleged victim or three other witnesses personally, and a lawyer would have to be appointed for that to be done.