Chubby Brown denies assault in car park

COMEDIAN Roy "Chubby" Brown yesterday denied assaulting a woman in a car park.

The comic, real name Royston Vasey, faces a trial accused of the common assault of Kelly Oliver.

The entertainer did not appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court but was represented by his solicitor.

Magistrates fixed a trial date of 10 March and Vasey, of East Harsley, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, is on bail.