TEENAGER Phillip Highlands will face trial accused of carrying out a serious assault on a woman.

He pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful wounding when he appeared at Swindon Crown Court on Monday.

The 19-year-old, of Burdock Street, Fairford, is said to have assaulted a woman in Swindon on Sunday February 16.

Judge Peter Blair QC adjourned the case to Monday April 13 and released him on bail until them.