Galashiels man denies severe assault and phone robbery
A GALASHIELS man has been accused of assaulting a man to his severe injury and robbing him of a mobile phone.
Jack Ward, 20, of Coulter Avenue, Galashiels, denies seizing a man by the clothing, throw him to the ground, strike him to the head with his knee, punch and kick him repeatedly to the body, drag him along the ground and place hands around his neck.
The offence is said to have happened at Glenfield Road West on November 26.
A trial has been set for Selkirk Sheriff Court on January 28 with an intermediate hearing on January 13.
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