A POLICE officer was assaulted by a man during an incident in Redditch yesterday.
Steven Finlay, aged 40, of Dixon Close, Enfield, Redditch, will appear in court charged with a public order offence and assaulting a police officer, all of which happened at about 9am in Hewell Road while officers were making checks on a driver they had stopped.
Finlay, who was a passenger in the van had popped to a nearby shop but then returned to the vehicle, which was when the offences are alleged to have occurred.
He was later released on police bail to appear at Redditch Magistrates Court on Tuesday, July 16.
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