Man to appear in court over racial incident on high street involving Boots worker being attacked

By Steve Deeks
Published 13th Oct 2022, 16:17 BST
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A man has been charged by police to appear before court over a racially aggravated incident in a high street that allegedly saw a shop worker attacked.

Hampshire police confirmed they have charged Christopher Peake, 41, following an incident on Winchester High Street on Sunday October 9.

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Peake, of Christchurch Road, Winchester, has been charged with a number of offences following the incident. These include causing racially aggravated intentional harassment / alarm / distress, assault by beating, common assault of an emergency worker and criminal damage.

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The charges come after a man reportedly damaged items and assaulted a member of staff in Boots on the High Street.

The man then became racially abusive towards members of the public on the High Street and assaulted a Police Community Support Officer whilst he was being detained.

Peake appeared at magistrates court and has been remanded to next appear on Monday October 31.