A TAVISTOCK man has appeared in court charged with assaulting a woman and showing controlling or coercive behaviour towards her.

James Anthony Barrett, 33, of Brook Street, is accused of assaulting a woman causing actual bodily harm on two occasions, on May 1 and 3, and of damaging the glass front of a cooker belonging to her on May 1.

He is also charged with showing controlling or coercive behaviour towards her between May 1 and 4.

He appeared at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court last Friday (May 6). He was sent for trial in Plymouth Crown Court on June 6.