MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO ASSAULT

A MAN from Macclesfield is to stand trial accused of assaulting a prison guard.

Charlie Beadell, 23, is accused of assaulting the officer on A wing at HMP Manchester, also known as Strangeways, on February 19.

He pleaded not guilty via videolink during a hearing at Manchester City Magistrates’ Court on April 28.

He will stand trial at Manchester City Magistrates court in Manchester on June 18.