Two charged after a police officer was assaulted while breaking up a party

A female officer was kicked and bitten on the hand

Two people have been charged after a police officer was assaulted while breaking up a party that was in contravention of the Coronavirus Act 2020.

Jade Moriarty (aged 29) of Ripon Avenue, Whitefield and Kieran McCluskey (aged 32) of Collen Crescent, Bury have been charged with assault on an emergency worker.

They will appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on June 2, 2020.

Shortly after 4pm on Saturday (April 18), officers attended a report of a party at a property on Sherbourne Court, Prestwich, where members of separate households were present.

After asking those who didn’t live at the property to leave, a female officer was kicked and bitten on the hand.

No serious injury was caused.

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