A MAN accused of a historic sexual offence is facing a retrial.

Jurors in the trial of Nicholas Henshall, 41, failed to reach a verdict on a charge of indecent assault earlier this month.

A retrial has been set to start on June 29 next year at Chester Crown Court.

Mr Henshall, of Hawthorn Way, Hurdsfield, denies the offence which is alleged to have taken place against a boy in the early 1990s.