A MAN has appeared in court accused of assaulting his estranged wife.

Edward O’Toole, of Peridot Fold in Fartown, appeared before Kirklees magistrates in Huddersfield yesterday.

He faces a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Nora O’Toole.

The alleged incident took place on May 19 during an argument between the pair.

O’Toole, 46, denies the charge and faces a crown court trial.

He will next appear before magistrates on July 20.

His bail conditions are not to contact his wife and also not to go within 100 yards of her home in Sheepridge Grove in Sheepridge.