A MAN has been charged with threatening another male with a baseball bat in Cirencester.

Archie Hewlett, aged 21, of Hillside, Leigh, near Ashton Keynes, is alleged to have threatened the man with the bat in Springfield Road, Cirencester on Wednesday, May 3.

Hewlett has also been charged with threatening to damage a van on the same day.

The case is due to be heard at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on Friday, November 17.