A Pencaitland man has admitted assaulting a woman in the village.
Gary Logan, of The Green, assaulted the woman by striking her to the head to her severe injury during an incident on April 2.
Logan pleaded guilty to an amended charge of assault when he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last Tuesday.
The 59-year-old also had a not guilty plea accepted by the Crown to a charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by shouting and swearing while children were present during the same incident.
Sentence was deferred for social work reports to be prepared.
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