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A MAN accused of intimidating a witness has appeared in court.
Keir Petcher is alleged to have sent messages via Whatsapp to a woman he knew or believed to be in a witness in a case.
It is said he contacted the alleged victim in the case between September 21 and October 2.
The messages are alleged to have been sent to intimidate the woman 'to cause the course of justice to be obstructed, perverted or interfered with'.
The 22-year-old, of Barrow's Salthouse Road, had his case sent for trial at Preston Crown Court.
He is due to appear there on November 25.
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