A MAN has been charged with assault after a disturbance in Kilbarchan.

It is claimed the 39-year-old man slapped a 37-year-old woman on the head in the village's New Street at around 5.35pm on Friday following a heated argument.

Police, who said the woman was not injured, soon traced the man nearby and he was taken into custody.

A report has been sent to the Procurator Fiscal.