A MAN has denied beating a woman, smashing her phone and slashing the tyres of another woman’s car.
Darren Holford, 26, of Broomfield, Silver End, is accused of assaulting the woman between September 17 and 19.
He is then said to have damaged her cordless house phone to the value of £20 and four car tyres belonging to another woman costing£232 on September 19.
The alleged offences all happened in Halstead.
Mr Holford has been remanded in custody to appear at Chelmsford Crown Court on October 30.
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