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Man denies racially-aggravated assault

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Benjamin Gray will now stand trial at Inner London Crown Court on 23 April.

A 59-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to committing a racially aggravated assault, and other offences.

Benjamin Gray, from Eastville in Bristol, is alleged to have racially abused people and assaulted a woman on Cheltenham Road on 7 March.

He pleaded not guilty to assault by beating, using threatening, abusing and insulting language, and racially-aggravated common assault at City of London Magistrates Court on Thursday.

Gray will now stand trial at Inner London Crown Court on 23 April.

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He is also due to appear at City of London Magistrates Court on 21 October after pleading not guilty to five public order offences.

These include racially and religiously-aggravated intentional harassment, using threatening, abusing and insulting words, and displaying threatening visible written representations likely to cause harassment.

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