A TRIAL is due to take place to determine whether a Dalton man is guilty of assaulting a woman by beating her.

Christopher Paul Walsh is accused of committing the offence in Dalton on August 19.

The 29-year-old, of Queen Street, Dalton, pleaded not guilty to the charge during a hearing at Furness and District Magistrates' Court on August 30.

His trial will take place at the same court on Tuesday morning.