A BARROW teenager is due to appear in court charged with five offences.

The 16-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, will appear in the dock in relation to an incident in July last year.

Two of the charges are assault by beating of two different people.

The others are common assault, threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place and causing grievous bodily harm without intent.

He will attend Youth Court sitting at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court in Barrow on January 29.