A MAN has been granted bail after pleading not guilty to stalking.

Lee Alan Taylor, of Marsh Street in Barrow, denied the offence when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

The 35-year-old is accused of stalking a woman in Barrow between September 29 and October 29 of this year.

Taylor is alleged to have pursued a course of conduct which amounted to stalking after he followed her, sent numerous unwanted texts, made a number of phone calls, entered her home on two occasions when he was not invited to do so and loitered outside her house.

He was granted bail until the trial at the same court on December 18.