A BRIDGWATER man will go on trial charged with sexual assault.

Pedro Dacosta, 43, of Coleridge Road, was charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Bridgwater on July 31 this year.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was aged over 16.

No plea was given at the initial hearing at Taunton Magistrates Court.

Magistrates adjourned the case to stand trial on January 4, 2017, at Taunton Crown Court.

In the meantime he was granted unconditional bail.