A man has been charged after a man was injured in Sheerness
Officers charge Sheerness man with assault An assault charge has been authorised after a man was injured in Sheerness. At around 8.40pm on 26 June 2020 a person was reported to have been assaulted in Invicta Road, Sheerness. Following the incident Kent Police and South East Coast Ambulance were called and a man was taken to a local hospital to be treated for a slash wound to his arm. He was later discharged. At around 9.40pm officers investigating the incident arrested a man on suspicion of assault. Shaun Packer, 55, of Victoria Street, Sheerness, has been charged with one count assault causing actual bodily harm and one count of possessing a knife or sharp pointed object in a public place. Mr Packer appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on 29 June 2020 where he was remanded to appear before Maidstone Crown Court on 27 July.
