The case against a 47-year-old man who was accused of assault has been dropped after he died.

Neil Webdell had been due to appear at Swindon Crown Court facing charges of actual bodily harm and false imprisonment.

But after prosecutors were informed that he had passed away earlier this month Judge Tim Mousley QC ended the case.

Webdell, of Trent Road, Greenmeadow, was accused of imprisoning and assaulting a woman between December 17 of last year and January 3 of this year.

He had been released on conditional bail not to contact the alleged victim or two other named individuals or to go to two specified addresses.