TWO men have been sent to the crown court accused of robbing and strangling a woman.

Callum Aston and Jordan Gardner appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster accused of four charges.

The court heard the 24-year-olds are accused of entering a home in Hereford's Prior Street as trespassers with intent to steal on September 10.

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They are also accused of assaulting a woman in Stoke Lacy, causing actual bodily harm, intentionally strangling her, and robbing her of £130 cash, a mobile phone, and house keys on the same date.

Aston, of Lowfield Meadow, Kingstone, and Gardner, of Elm Road, Credenhill, were remanded in custody and will appear before Worcester Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing on October 11.

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