A MAN appeared before a Southampton judge on drugs charges surrounding his girlfriend.

Luke Henning, 33, was accused of administering a noxious substance as to endanger the life of Louise Poulton and supplying her with heroin.

Henning, of no fixed abode, who appeared at the city Crown Court via a video link from Winchester Prison, was further remanded in custody for a plea and case management hearing on September 1 after an application for bail was rejected.