A man has appeared in court accused of a spray paint attack on homeless man Michael Cash .

Aaron Jones, 33, of Balmor Road, Normanby, was charged with assault and criminal damage and appeared at Teesside Magistrates' Court on Wednesday wearing a Frankenstein mask.

The charges were over an assault of Mr Cash which happened near to Tesco Express on Normanby High Street , which was reported to police on Sunday, September 9.

A video of the incident was posted on Facebook of Mr Cash, who had been sprayed with red coloured paint as he was sitting at the back of The Shed micropub, close to Tesco Express store, in Normanby.

Just days later Mr Cash was found dead in Eston Cemetery .

Police have not linked the alleged attack with Mr Cash's death.

Updates from the court case are below.