A GREAT Lever man has been charged with assault after a police probe into the death of a woman in Kearsley.

Paul Sharrocks, aged 40, of Heywood Gardens, has been bailed to appear at Bolton Magistrates' Court on July 13.

The charge is in relation to a police investigation launched after Carolyn Sharrocks, aged 41, was found dead in Lord Street, Kearsley, on April 16.