Northern Ireland

Portadown: Man due in court charged with assaulting police officers

Police responded to a report of an assault on a man in Thomas Street in Portadown

Police said the assaults happened in Portadown on Saturday (Niall Carson/PA)

A 31-year-old man is due to appear in court on Monday after police officers were assaulted in Co Armagh.

The man is charged with five counts of assault on police and one count of resisting police.

It comes after police responded to a report of an assault on a man in Thomas Street in Portadown in the early hours of Saturday.

A man in his 20s was found with head injuries shortly before 1am.

While they were at the scene, police were assaulted by a man, who allegedly pointed a fake gun at them.

A 31-year-old man was later arrested in connection with the incident. He is due to appear before Lisburn Magistrates’ Court on Monday.