A CLEVELAND policeman has been committed for trial at crown court on a sex assault charge.

PC Andrew Shearer, 33, is accused of indecently assaulting a 20-year-old woman while on duty at Hemlington in August.

He appeared before Teesside magistrates, in Middlesbrough, and was committed to Teesside Crown Court. PC Shearer, from Stockton, was remanded on bail to a plea and directions hearing at crown court in January.