A MAN has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with indecently assaulting a woman in an Oswaldtwistle pub.

Tommy Alan Speight, 25, of White House Lane, Oswaldtwistle, pleaded not guilty to sexual assault on a female in the Rhoden Inn on January 12 and the case was adjourned for a trial.

That will be heard before magistrates.

He pleaded guilty to assaulting the landlord, Bradley Smith, and damaging a window belonging to him.