A man has been charged with assaulting two police officers after spraying officers

A man has been charged with assaulting two police officers Terrance Nelson, 29 of Sandal Street, E15 was charged on Friday, 3 January with two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of possession of a section 5 firearm. He was remanded in custody to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 4 January where he entered a guilty plea and was bailed to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 15 January pending pre-sentence reports. Police were called at 7.30pm on Thursday, 2 January to reports of an altercation at Sandal Street, E15. Officers attended and Nelson was arrested on suspicion of a S4 public order offence. During arrest he sprayed a substance at two police officers. The officers did not sustain lasting injuries, but did require hospital treatment.

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