AN Innerleithen man has been accused of assaulting a woman to her severe injury over the New Year period.

Twenty nine year old Ryan Sadler appeared in private at Selkirk Sheriff Court charged in connection with the domestic-related incident said to have happened in Innerleithen on Thursday.

He made no plea and the case was continued for further examination.

Sadler was released on bail with special conditions by Sheriff Roderick Flinn.