A 30-year-old local man is due to appear before North Tyneside magistrates today charged with assaulting a 30-year-old woman at Hadrian Court, Killingworth, near Newcastle, on Friday night.
The victim suffered head injuries and was found in bushes. A second man who was arrested by police has been released without charge.
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