A MAN has appeared in court to admit assault following an incident at a park in Bishop's Waltham.

Police arrested a man in Priory Park at around 2.30pm on Saturday September 19 after reports were received of a child being threatened.

Phillip Warren, 40, of no fixed abode, has appeared before Southampton Magistrates Court after being charged with assaulting a teenager.

Warren pleaded guilty and was granted conditional bail to return to the court on October 14.