Man 'ripped niqab off woman and shouted racist abuse in shopping centre'

A man accused of ripping a niqab off a Muslim woman in a shopping centre and shouting racist abuse will stand trial next year.

A man accused of ripping a niqab off a Muslim woman in a British shopping centre and shouting racist abuse will stand trial next year.

Peter Scotter, 55, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court to deny racially or religiously aggravated common assault on the woman, who was waiting for her husband outside a store in Sunderland's The Bridges shopping centre with her nine-year-old son on July 3.