A MAN has appeared in court accused of trying to abduct a teenage girl.

Michael Samelak is alleged to have approached the 14-year-old as she walked along Rochford Way, in Frinton, near Tendring Technology College.

The alleged incident happened at about 10am on October 1.

Samelak, of Modlen Road, Walton, denied a charge of attempting to carry away the teenager when he appeared via prison video link at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday.

A two-day trial will take place in early March.

There was no application for bail and Samelak was remanded in custody until then.