Racial assault on emergency worker ends in arrest in West Sussex

A man has been charged after emergency service staff were assaulted in West Sussex this week.

Officers were attending reports of anti-social behaviour in North Street, Chichester at about 6.30pm on

Thursday (July 16).

Two PCSOs were subsequently assaulted, according to police.

A man was charged with two counts of assault on an emergency worker and racially aggravated assault.

A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "Police responded to a report of antisocial behaviour in North Street, Chichester, around 6.30pm on Thursday 16 July.

"After engaging with the subject, the two attending PCSOs were assaulted.

"Mark Bulpitt, 50, unemployed and of no fixed address, was subsequently arrested and charged with two counts of assault on an emergency worker and racially aggravated assault.

"He was remanded in custody to appear before Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Saturday 18 July."