A MAN has appeared in court charged with assault.

Luke Dowell, 27, is charged with attacking a 25-year-old man in Basildon last week.

Dowell, of Waldringfield, Basildon, did not enter a plea when he appeared at Basildon Magistrates Court last Thursday.

He will next appear at Basildon Crown Court on March 10 for a plea and case management hearing.

Dowell was refused bail.