A MAN charged with threatening a woman with a knife is due to appear in court.

Timothy Sherring is accused of possession of a knife at Bakery Court Supported Housing in Ulverston.

The 54-year-old is also alleged to have threatened a woman with the knife on January 21 in Bakery Court courtyard.

The defendant of Woodside Avenue, Sedbergh, is due to appear before South Cumbria Magistrates on April 17.