A married village doctor accused of kerb crawling in a town centre red light district appeared in court yesterday.

Patrick Holmes, 33, a GP from Middleton Lane, Middleton St George, near Darlington, appeared before Teesside magistrates charged with soliciting on the Chandlers Wharf retail estate in Stockton.

Dr Holmes, who works in the village, was charged following an incident on August 16 this year.

He was granted conditional bail, not to enter Bon Lea industrial estate and Chandlers Wharf, and was told to re-appear before the court on Tuesday, September 10.

His case was adjourned while his solicitor and the Crown Prosecution Service review the case file.