A MAN has been remanded in custody for allegedly attempting to strangle a woman in a West Devon village.

Matthew Boughen, 43, of no fixed address, is alleged to have tried to strangle the woman at Beaworthy on October 30.

He denies the charge and also a further one of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) to the same woman on the same date.

He entered the pleas at Exeter Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (November 1) and was remanded in custody to appear at Exeter Crown Court for trial on December 1.