Racehorse trainer David "Dandy" Nicholls on sex assault charge
Racehorse trainer David "Dandy" Nicholls is to appear in court charged with sexually assaulting a woman.
The former jockey, 59, from the Thirsk area of North Yorkshire, is due before magistrates in Northallerton on 27 May.
He was a jockey until 1992, riding more than 400 winners before switching to training.
North Yorkshire Police said he was sent a postal requisition to appear at court to face a sexual assault charge on a woman aged over 16.