An acting lieutenant colonel has denied sexually assaulting a transgender woman in an upmarket pub.

Samuel Hughes, 38, told a court how he had gone to the bar in the Ubiquitous Chip in Glasgow's Ashton Lane on November 14, 2014 after he had been on a date.

He said he saw a woman he recognised, ended up speaking to two other women who were sitting beside her including the alleged victim.

Hughes claimed the alleged victim was joking with him for being "military", and that she told him to be "more flamboyant" and touched his chest area.

He told the court that in a "slightly camp" manner, he touched her back again on the chest area, and said "oh stop it".

The officer denies touching her breast in the west end pub as is alleged and is on trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, also alleged he made a number of transphobic remarks but Hughes was cleared of that charge.

Hughes denies the sexual assault charge and said "the breast did not occur to me at all".

He said the woman told him that she had gone through a change, from male to female, and had spent £40,000 to look the way she did.

The trial continues.