Man charged after reportedly threatening two police officers with an axe in Gillingham
He's also said to have assaulted one of the officers
A suspect has been charged after two officers were allegedly threatened with a weapon in Gillingham.
At 2.36am yesterday (10 December), patrols were called to a report that a vehicle’s window was being damaged in Chaucer Road.
Two constables attended the scene where it is alleged one was assaulted and both were threatened with an axe, as a suspect sought to leave the area on foot.
A man was subsequently detained near the town centre and taken into custody.
Mark Cork, of East Street, Chatham, was later charged with assaulting an emergency worker, possessing an axe in a public place and two counts of threatening a person with a bladed article.
The 44-year-old was remanded in custody to appear before Medway Magistrates’ Court today (11 December).
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