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A barber is expected to deny wounding with intent on a man whose neck he is alleged to have slashed.

Lloyd Dobrodumow is accused of attacking Robert Smith with a cut-throat razor, at his shop on Newcastle’s Grainger Street.

Dobrodumow made his first appearance at Newcastle Crown Court and a trial date was fixed for October.

The barber had been remanded in custody after the alleged attack but has since been bailed.

His barrister asked for a bail condition, requiring him to live at his home in Gateshead, to be varied so he can travel to Budapest for a family trip to celebrate his step-father’s 60th birthday in July.

Judge James Goss QC agreed he could go to Hungary for six days and set a timetable for the case.

There will be a plea and case management hearing in September and a trial date was fixed for October.

Judge Goss told him: “September 5 is the next date you have to come back for a plea and case management hearing.

“That is to enter your plea and if, as I’m told it will, this proceeds to trial, directions will be made then and the case will be listed on October 20 for trial.”

Joe Hedworth, for Dobrodumow, said he denies the offence and Toby Hedworth QC has been instructed for the trial.

Dobrodumow, supported in court by his family, was further released on bail on the condition he does not contact prosecution witnesses and lives at his home at Bedford Place, Bensham, Gateshead.

Dobrodumow, 44, is alleged to have slit the neck of Robert Smith, 31, during a tussle at Jack’s barber earlier this month.

The barber, who runs the shop on Grainger Street, is alleged to have argued with Mr Smith over a discarded beer can. What happened next is disputed.