A 50-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with assaulting an 11-year-old girl.

Paul Cook, of Wensley Road, pleaded not guilty to assaulting the girl in Wensley Road on Sunday.

He is alleged to have kicked the girl after chasing her and two friends out of his garden.

Cook will stand trial on September 11 and he was remanded on bail until that date.