A MAN has been charged with assaulting a police officer in St Helen Auckland, near Bishop Auckland, at the weekend.
The officer, who has not been named, had his nose broken in an incident on Sunday night and is on sick leave.
Police said yesterday that a man had been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and traffic offences.
He is due to appear before magistrates shortly.
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