A MAN has appeared in court accused of assaulting a police officer.
Officers were called to an incident at Lloyds Bank, in the North End are of Portsmouth yesterday, following a report of a man stood in the bank holding a knife.
Following the incident, two police officers were allegedly assaulted. One officer was cut on his arm, while another officer sustained a suspected broken knee bone.
In the early hours of this morning, police charged Steven Bradley Wallis, 27, of no fixed abode, with affray, possession of a knife blade / sharp pointed article in a public place, assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm, and wounding/inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent.
He appeared at South East Hants Magistrates Court this morning and was remanded in custody, to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on November 9.
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