Stephen Jackson denies the charges
A 49-year-old man has denied a string of attacks on people who had sneezed on streets in Carlisle.
Stephen Jackson is accused of 12 charges of assault by beating, one charge of common assault and one of threatening and antisocial behaviour.
It follows reports of incidents between October 2014 and March 2015.
Appearing before magistrates, Mr Jackson, of Dixon Court, in Carlisle pleaded not guilty and will return to the court at date yet to be fixed.
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