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A MAN has denied threatening a woman with a meat cleaver and assaulting her.
Steven Fitzgerald, 68, from Newport pleaded not guilty to threatening a person with a bladed article in a private place and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The prosecution alleges three incidents took place between October 30 and November 6 last year.
Fitzgerald, of Golden Mile View, is due to stand trial on April 17.
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The case is expected to last two to three days.
The defendant was remanded in custody after appearing before Judge Simon Mills at Cardiff Crown Court.
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