A man has appeared in court following reports of a Gosport aggravated robbery.

Police were called at 1.20am on Friday 29 September when it was reported that a man had been assaulted by someone known to him with a baseball bat at an address in Mill Pond Road.

Following enquiries, 34-year-old Jessie Doyle, of Greenway Road in Gosport was arrested and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and aggravated burglary with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Southampton Magistrates Court on Saturday 30 September.

At the hearing, he was further remanded in custody to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on 30 October.