A MAN will go on trial this summer after he pleaded not guilty to two offences allegedly committed against a woman.

Nathan Beck, 29, is accused of intentional strangulation and controlling or coercive behaviour against the complainant in Caerphilly.

The defendant denied the charges during a hearing held at Newport Crown Court.

He is due to go on trial on June 5 with the case expected to last two to three days.

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Beck, of Church Street, Merthyr Tydfil was remanded in custody by Judge Daniel Williams.