A MAN has appeared in court accused of four counts of assault.

Dean Richard Fawcett pleaded not guilty to four assaults against Carol Fawcett when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court on Saturday.

The 39-year-old, of Saves Lane in Askam, was bailed until July 24.

The assaults are alleged to have happened on March 1, June 10, July 7, July 11.

Bail conditions prevent him from contacting the victim, Deborah Haynes, and from entering Cross Street in Barrow.