Man charged with assault at Norfolk youth football match
A 41-year-old man appeared in court yesterday charged with assault following an altercation at a youth football match in Gorleston in January.
A 41-year-old man appeared in court yesterday charged with assault following an altercation at a youth football match in Gorleston in January.
Alexander Taylor, of Whiting Road, Oulton, near Lowestoft, is alleged to have carried out on the assault during an incident in a match in which four people were arrested by police on the suspicion of assault.
The match involved Gorleston Rangers under16's B team and Hempnall under16s.
Taylor's alleged assault is said to have taken place during a Norfolk and Suffolk Youth League's shield quarter finals at the Gorleston Recreation Ground in Church Lane on January 24.
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Yesterday Taylor appeared before Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court to be charged with assault.
He entered no plea and his case was adjourned for a week.
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Taylor was released on bail with the condition that he does not attend any football matches organised through the Football Association.
A 33-year-old woman and a youth who were arrested on suspicion of assault were released without charge while the third person arrested - a youth - was referred to the youth offending team for a final warning.
