AN ELDERSLIE pensioner is being prosecuted for allegedly battering a woman in a Johnstone pub.

Charles McClure, 75, is said to have attacked Catriona Stewart in Colliers Bar on May 10 last year.

Prosecutors claim he grabbed and pulled her by the hair and headbutted her, leaving her injured.

McClure, of Wallace Avenue, was not present when the case against him called for the first time at Paisley Sheriff Court last week.

Sheriff Lindsey Kooner continued the case without plea until next month.

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