A HAWICK man has been accused of assaulting his mother to her injury on two occasions.

Twenty-two-year-old Brad Lewis appeared from custody at Jedburgh Sheriff Court and denied the assaults said to have happened in Hawick on Wednesday.

He also pleaded not guilty to a charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.

The court was told that Lewis is currently on six bail orders.

A trial date has been fixed for December 12 with an intermediate hearing on November 28.

Lewis was remanded in custody pending a bail application hearing.