A MAN accused of indecently assaulting a young girl has appeared before magistrates in Bury.

Gary Davies, aged 45, from Tufthorn Close, Coleford, Gloucestershire, is alleged to have carried out the assaults in Bury between September 2001 and April of this year. Davies, who faces five separate charges involving the same girl, who is under the age of 16 years, had his case committed to the Crown Court. He will appear there on May 27.