A MAN has been charged following an alleged assault on a female police officer at the weekend.

John Richard Moss, aged 26, of Lear Close, Worcester, has been charged with assault by beating of an emergency officer, being drunk and disorderly in a public place, and obstructing or resisting a constable in the execution of their duty

He will appear at Worcester Magistrates' Court on Thursday, September 5.

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