Bank Street, Braintree
A man has been charged after a pensioner was assaulted in Braintree.
Police were called to Bank Street at around 2.30pm on Wednesday after receiving reports a man in his 70s had been assaulted.
Half an hour later, a man was arrested at Braintree Police Station.
Trevor Simpson, 52, of Bailey Bridge Road, Braintree, was charged with two counts of common assault and one count of assault by beating.
He will next appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, August 22.
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