A MAN accused of threatening to kill a woman and violently assaulting her has appeared before magistrates for a committal to crown court.

Antonio De Brito Lourenco, 31, of Armstrong Street, Swindon, is charged with making threats to kill and carrying out an assault, which led to actual bodily harm, on October 26.

He will next appear at Swindon Crown Court on Friday, February 11.

At the moment he is residing in Bristol as part of his bail conditions not to enter Swindon.