A MAN has appeared at Newport Magistrates' Court accused of committing serious assaults on two women in Gwent on Boxing Day.

Lewys Lintern, 19, is charged with two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent in Caerphilly’s Ludlow Street during the early hours of Tuesday, December 26 last year.

The defendant, of Maelog Road, Whitchurch did not enter any pleas.

Lintern is due to appear before the crown court on January 30.

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