A MAN has appeared in court after he was charged with assault and harassment.

Michael Cooper is alleged to have assaulted a man by beating him on September 5.

The 22-year-old, of Hood Street in Barrow, is also accused of using threatening or abusive behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress against the same man.

The defendant denied the charges when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court.

He has been bailed until a hearing on January 19 and ordered not to enter Ormsgill.