A 27-year-old man has been accused of stealing a dog from the house of his former partner.
Stuart Moffett is said to have forced entry to Nacisha Jones' home and taken the boxer-type dog and a dog lead.
He appeared from custody at Selkirk Sheriff Court and denied a total of four offences.
Moffett pleaded not guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by forcing entry to a house in Glendinning Terrace, Galashiels, last Thursday and brandish a dog chain.
He also denied assaulting his former partner by pushing her on the body and striking a man called Lee Dickson on the face with a dog lead to his injury.
He faces a fourth charge of stealing a dog and a dog lead.
Moffett of Church Square, Galashiels, will stand trial on July 4 with an intermediate hearing on June 17.
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