Officers charge two people after public order offences in Eastleigh

Police officers investigating a number of public order incidents in Eastleigh have charged two people in connection with them.

The charges come after two groups of young people were targeting one another with weapons in the early afternoon through to the evening of Tuesday 2 March across Eastleigh.

A 17-year-old boy from Eastleigh has been charged with one count of affray. He was bailed with conditions and is due to appear at Southampton Magistrates Court on Thursday 1 April.

Seamus Brenden Sean Ford, aged 18, from Eastleigh, who was stop checked the following day under a Section 60 order, has been charged with one count of possession of a bladed article.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Southampton Crown Court on Friday 9 April.