AN EVESHAM man was unable to appear at Worcester Magistrates Court yesterday as he had been committed to a psychiatric ward.

Neil Collins, aged 24, of Port Street has been charged with assaulting a woman, damaging a light, plastic shade and door bolt, worth a total of £40, at The Bear in Port Street, destroying a police guidance book and possessing £35 worth of cannabis on Sunday, March 15.

The case was adjourned until Monday, July 20.