A Suffolk support worker accused of sexually assaulting a mentally ill man will have to wait more than a year for her trial to take place.

Before Ipswich Crown Court on Friday (July 1) for a plea and trial preparation hearing was Naomi Richards, 31, of St Edmunds Road, Stowmarket.

She pleaded not guilty to sexually touching a mentally ill man in her care between May and June 2019 while she was a support worker.

Her trial, which is expected to last three to four days, will take place in August next year.