A 32-year-old Lydney man has denied two charges of stalking and one of assault and has been bailed to await trial at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court in September.

Kieran Wilkins of The Springs, Lydney, pleaded not guilty last week to assaulting Laura Cox by beating on June 8 this year at Coleford.

He also denied stalking the same woman between February 1 and June 15 2022 by hiding a camera in her house and garden to monitor her movements, breaking into her home on on one occasion, attending her address uninvited on numerous occasions and making numerous calls to her or sending messages.

He further denied stalking Craig Huddleston between June 1-15 by accusing him of having an affair, threatening him and his family in the street, putting a camera on his fence to monitor his movements and sending messages of a defamatory nature to his partner.

The magistrates bailed him conditionally pending trial on September 22.