A pensioner accused of leaving a woman seriously injured following an alleged assault on a petrol station forecourt has denied the offence. 77-year-old Merrill Brown, of Monks Lane in Freshwater, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The charge relates to an alleged assault on the forecourt of Northwood Garage on Newport Road in Cowes on 8th June. Brown denied the offe…