Female police officer reportedly assaulted in Penshaw
A female police officer was reportedly assaulted in Penshaw, witnesses state.
The incident, which occurred at 12.50pm today on the Penshaw part of Chester Road, involved what onlookers described as an “intoxicated male.”
The man reportedly threw a punch, and was quickly restrained on the ground and arrested by the officer and her partner, who was also a female officer.
The man was then said to continue kicking and screaming. As a result backup then arrived in the form of two cars and a van.
