A WOMAN has been accused of driving her car into an 87-year-old man who was standing in front of her vehicle in Jedburgh's High Street.

Sarah Lang, 32, of West Ord, Berwick-upon-Tweed, is charged with repeatedly causing the car she was driving to strike the pedestrian on the body on December 13.

She pleaded not guilty to an assault charge at Jedburgh Sheriff Court and a trial date was fixed for May 29 with an intermediate hearing on April 17.