A FORMER Army cook will face a re-trail after a jury failed to reach a verdict on charges including indecent assault.

Norman Maddox, 63, of Southbank Road, Manchester, denies a string of offences including three counts of indecent assault on a female.

The offences were alleged to have been committed between 1974 and 1988.

Maddox, formerly of Colchester, will attend a preliminary hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court on March 9.