A man has been charged following an assault in Sandown.
Police were called to the Broadway Park Hotel at 10.33pm on 23rd April, following an allegation that a man in his 50s had been punched in the face and threatened with a knife.
Officers attended and arrested a 26-year-old man of Atherley Park Close in Shanklin, who was subsequently charged with assault by beating and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place.
Further count of assault by beating and criminal damage
The man was also charged with a further count of assault by beating and criminal damage, in relation to an incident at an address in Newport on 21st April where it’s alleged a woman was assaulted and a TV was damaged.
He was remanded in custody to appear at the Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court today (25th April).
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