An Atherton man denying strangulation and other charges of violence will stand trial in the new year

Leyton Jones is scheduled in January to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court on charges of violence against a womanplaceholder image
Leyton Jones is scheduled in January to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court on charges of violence against a woman

Not guilty pleas are entered by a Wigan 41-year-old accused of choking and otherwise assaulting a woman

A January trial date has been set for a Wigan borough 41-year-old charged with throttling a woman.

Leyton Jones, of Wigan Road in Atherton, stood before a Liverpool Crown Court judge to plead not guilty to strangling a named female on July 23 and twice assaulting her by beating.

A trial has been scheduled to begin on January 18 next year.

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