A MAN has appeared in court accused of sexually assaulting his daughter.

The 63-year-old, from Batley, was before Huddersfield magistrates yesterday.

He faces 10 charges of indecent assault against the girl when she was aged under 14.

The alleged offences are dated between January 1973 and August 1981.

The man denies the charges.

His case was adjourned until March 9.

His bail conditions are that he does not contact the complainant or have any unsupervised contact with a child under 16.