A LETTERSTON man is to stand trial accused of blackmailing a Cardigan man.

Peter Williams, aged 49, of Station Road, appeared yesterday (June 25) before Judge Paul Thomas at Swansea crown court for a plea and trial preparation hearing.

Williams denied demanding £10,000 with menaces from a Cardigan man between October 30 and November 3 last year.

He was granted bail until his trial on September 26.