Trial date for assault allegation

A Whaplode man who denies assaulting a woman on five occasions will face a Crown Court trial in March.
Mark O’Dell (36), of Millers Rest, pleaded not guilty to two charges of assault by beating and three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court.
All five charges are alleged to have been committed against the same female complainant between September 10, 2025 and September 8, 2026.
O’Dell also denied a sixth charge of damaging property belonging to the same woman on September 7, 2026.
The items which were allegedly damaged include a television, furniture and a Dyson purifier.
Judge Catarina Sjolin-Knight adjourned the case for a trial beginning at Lincoln Crown Court on March 8, 2027.
The trial is expected to last three days.
Judge Sjolin-Knight told O’Dell: “You have pleaded not guilty so I have set your case down for trial.”
O’Dell was remanded into custody until his next court appearance.