Two police officers have faces spat on by drunk man in Chichester

Police officers were on the receiving end of the vile assault after they attended an incident in West Street, Chichester, on Monday night.

Joshua Jackman, 31, of no fixed address, was being arrested for being drunk and disorderly when he allegedly spat in the faces of two officers.

He was subsequently charged with being drunk and disorderly in a public place and two counts of assaulting a police constable.

Jackman will now appear at Worthing Magistrates’ Court on November 24.

Police, in a tweet on the night of the incident, said: ‘We've attended a report of a drunk male in the city centre.

‘He became confrontational and was arrested for being drunk and disorderly. He then went on to spit in the face of two officers. Which he was further arrested for.’

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