POLICE used CS gas spray on revellers after a New Year's Eve party erupted into violence.
Officers were called to the Huntsman pub, in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, early on New Year's Day, after reports of fighting outside.
Acting Inspector Vince Addison, of Newton Aycliffe police, said: "It would appear that there had been an altercation inside the pub, and when people were leaving it erupted."
One woman was treated for a facial injury.
Four people arrested are from the Aycliffe area, while a fifth is understood to have travelled from Wigan to visit relatives.
All five, whose ages range from the mid-20s to mid-40s, have been charged with affray, and bailed to appear at Sedgefield Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
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