We use some essential cookies to make our website work. We’d like to set additional cookies so we can remember your preferences and understand how you use our site.
You can manage your preferences and cookie settings at any time by clicking on “Customise Cookies” below. For more information on how we use cookies, please see our Cookies notice.
Your cookie preferences have been saved. You can update your cookie settings at any time on the cookies page.
Your cookie preferences have been saved. You can update your cookie settings at any time on the cookies page.
Sorry, there was a technical problem. Please try again.
This site is a beta, which means it's a work in progress and we'll be adding more to it over the next few weeks. Your feedback helps us make things better, so please let us know what you think.
A man was arrested last night after four emergency workers were assaulted in Portsmouth.
Officers were called just after 10pm by an ambulance crew who reported being assaulted by a man.
The crew had stopped in a layby near Anglesea Road.
One of the ambulance staff, a man, suffered a minor injury, the other three, a man and two women, were uninjured.
A 55-year-old man, from Portsmouth, was arrested on suspicion of four counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker.
He remains in custody at this time.