A MAN from Barrow is set to go on trial after he pleaded not guilty to assaulting a woman.

Scott Webb was charged with assaulting Keeley Howard after an alleged incident in Barrow on May 30 of last year.

The 26-year-old, of no fixed abode, appeared at Furness Magistrates' Court on December 22 where he pleaded not guilty.

Webb is due to go on trial at the same court on Wednesday January 11.